Brooks frederick . the mythical man-month essays on software engineering

Want to Read. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries Library. Share this book Facebook. Last edited by stephane-klein. February 20, History. Written in English — pages. Paperback in English - Anniversary ed. Checked Out. Libraries near you: WorldCat. The Mythical man-month: essays on software engineering , Addison-Wesley Pub.

Not in Library. The mythical man-month: essays on software engineering , Addison-Wesley. The mythical man-month: essays on software engineering , Addison-Wesley Pub. People Frederick P. Brooks , David Parnas. Places La Brea , California. Matthew Johnson writes: The Mythical Man-Month in the Outsourcing Era When will Brooks write an update chapter to the book describing how the same principles sabotage outsourced software projects?

TomB writes: Twenty people doing a job in five months is one hundred man-months, not ten. I've fixed the text accordingly. Ravi writes in reply to TomB: Twenty people doing a job in five months is one hundred man-mont Hi Tom, Actually,you have mistaken the words said by Cohen.

If it takes a month for a programmer to complete a software task then it is called one man-month. Your question is same as ''If it takes 10 minutes for a man to walk to some place, then what is the time taken by 10 men to walk the same distance? Obviously, it is 10 minutes only, not 1hr40mins. I challenge any developer to pick up a copy of The Mythical Man Month and not find this tale of a long-defunct OS, and the long-defunct team that developed it, startlingly relevant.

This twenty-five year old book boldly illustrates one point: computers may change, but people don't. Reading this classic work will certainly be a better use of your time than poring over the latest thousand page technical tome du jour. Apple Books Preview.