An edition of The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1974)

The Mythical Man-Month

Essays on Software Engineering

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An edition of The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1974)

The Mythical Man-Month

Essays on Software Engineering

Anniversary ed.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
  • 226 Want to read
  • 13 Currently reading
  • 45 Have read

These essays draw from Brooks' experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 years after the initial publication of his book, Brooks has revisited his original ideas and added new thoughts and advice. -- from publisher description.

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Addison-Wesley Professional
Language
English
Pages
322

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Subjects

Computer programming management Addresses, essays, lectures Software engineering Electronic digital computers Programming Computer programming MULTICS Technologie logiciel Gestion projet Programmation (Informatique) Gestion Système exploitation 360 IBM 360 Management Computer programming--management Information technology projects

People

Frederick P. Brooks David Parnas

Places

La Brea California

Times

1960s 1970s

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2007, Ren min you dian chu ban she
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
1995, Addison-Wesley Professional
Paperback in English - Anniversary ed.
Cover of: The mythical man-month
The mythical man-month: essays on software engineering
1975, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Anniversary ed. has four new chapters.

Published in
Reading, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
005.1/068
Library of Congress
QA76.758 .B75 1995, QA76.758.B75 1995

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiii, 322 p. :
Number of pages
322

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1110870M
ISBN 10
0201835959
ISBN 13
9780201835953
LCCN
94036653
OCLC/WorldCat
31166617
LibraryThing
646897
Goodreads
13629

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Work ID
OL3510570W

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Work Description

Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of software teams, projections about how computer languages and tools will evolve, and philosophical speculation. Unlike most other books about computing, Brooks' work has been remarkably enduring, remaining in print for at least four decades. The book is most famous for its statement of Brooks' Law: "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later".

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