The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Frederick P. Brooks
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2584
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0201835959
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1068
UPC: 785342835953
EAN: 9780201835953
ASIN: 0201835959
Publication Date: August 12, 1995
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Condition: Some wear on paperback cover. Binding loose. Pages wrinkled as though book may have been wet. However, pages are clean and unmarked. A perfectly readable copy. All proceeds benefit local libraries.
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The classic book on the human elements of software engineering. Software tools and development environments may have changed in the 21 years since the first edition of this book, but the peculiarly nonlinear economies of scale in collaborative work and the nature of individuals and groups has not changed an epsilon. If you write code or depend upon those who do, get this book as soon as possible -- from Amazon.com Books, your library, or anyone else. You (and/or your colleagues) will be forever grateful. Very Highest Recommendation.
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 Required Reading For Anyone Serious About Software Development June 19, 2008
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30 Years later this book is still highly relevent. If your project is in trouble, don't add bodies!
seminal classic May 19, 2008
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Fred Brooks, the author, is the individual primarily responsible for the IBM System/360, arguably the most successful computer software system built to this point. He is also primarily responsible for the IBM OS/360, which was not as successful. You may find that his frank and honest assessment of why one was successful and one was not provides a map of a right way to develop software and an alert system for what can go wrong. Because of this and the distilled thought and experience present in the book, it would be difficult to find a resource that could better prepare you to develop good software.
 A insightful book about software project development April 22, 2008
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I have been a software project manager for many years. One of the biggest problem that I encountered was what the author called as "Second System Effect". Some times, architects were unable to discipline himself to avoid over-designing systems in the second project. Their goals were to build perfect systems that would streamline all processes without considering the costs and patience of business groups. To convince others that they were right, they could come up with various reasons that sounded very reasonable. Unfortunately, they were not aware of the cost, time window for product delivery, and etc.
This books provided insightful view about this effect. If our architects could have read this book, they could avoid such problems and became more successful.
A must-read for project leads in the software industry December 9, 2007
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An excellent book and a must-have for all those involved in the software industry. The concepts and problems described in this book are still valid to this day in our modern software development process.
I recommend this book to everyone active in the field of software development.
Essential Reading for beginner, intermediate and advanced PMs November 19, 2007
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Essential Reading for Project/Program Managers at all levels. This book exposes the shortcomings of the purely quantitative software engineering approach in building software applications and systems. While data driven risk management, decision system is here to stay where PMs use a variety of metrics to measure, control and report on the progress of a particular project, process or operation - the book explains why that approach alone is no substitute for the human factor...
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