The Mythical Man-Month
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The Mythical Man-Month is a classic software engineering book by Fred Brooks that explores the challenges of large-scale software projects and famously argues that adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book → software engineering book → |
| anniversaryEditionPublicationYear | 1995 → |
| author |
Fred Brooks
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Fred Brooks →
surface form: "Frederick P. Brooks Jr."
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| centralThesis | adding manpower to a late software project makes it later → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| discussesConcept |
communication overhead in teams
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conceptual integrity → documentation in software projects → estimation in software projects → prototyping → second-system effect → software project scheduling → surgical team organization → system testing and debugging → |
| explores | challenges of large-scale software projects → |
| famousFor |
The Mythical Man-Month
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surface form: "Brooks's law"
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| format | collection of essays → |
| genre |
professional literature
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technical literature → |
| hasEdition |
The Mythical Man-Month
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surface form: "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition"
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| hasEssay |
The Mythical Man-Month
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surface form: "No Silver Bullet"
The Mythical Man-Month → |
| hasQuote |
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
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Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design. → Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow. → |
| influencedField |
agile software development thinking
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project management methodologies → software engineering practice → |
| language | English → |
| notableIdea |
The Mythical Man-Month
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surface form: "Brooks's law"
importance of conceptual integrity in design → second-system effect → surgical team model for software projects → |
| proposes |
The Mythical Man-Month
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surface form: "Brooks's law"
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| publicationYear | 1975 → |
| publisher | Addison-Wesley → |
| subject |
computer science
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large-scale software projects → project management → software development → software engineering → software project management → systems engineering → |
| targetAudience |
computer scientists
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project managers → software engineers → |
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this entity surface form: "Brooks's law"
this entity surface form: "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition"
this entity surface form: "No Silver Bullet"
this entity surface form: "Brooks's law"
this entity surface form: "Brooks's law"