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The insights on team jelling and work environment have changed my thinking and teaching. To my surprise and delight, the mythical manmonth continues to be popular after twenty years. Short description about the mythical manmonth by frederick p. Brooks jr the classic book on the human elements of software engineering. This idea is known as brooks law, and is presented along with the secondsystem effect and advocacy of prototyping.
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Lok, benjamin, samir naik, mary whitton, and frederick p. This book is for professional managers of software development. The mythical manmonth paperback 1982 by frederick brooks author 4. Its central theme is that adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. This idea is known as brooks law, and is presented along with. When microsoft started growing seriously in the 1980s, everybody there had read the mythical manmonth, one of the classics of software management. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or. Jul 20, 2011 i recently read sort of frederick brookss the mythical manmonth. Get free shipping on the mythical manmonth by frederick p.
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