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The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering is a book on software engineering and project management by Fred Brooks first published in 1975, with subsequent editions in 1982 and 1995. Its central theme is that adding manpower to a software project that is behind schedule delays it even longer. This idea is known as Brooks's law, and is…

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Author
Fred Brooks
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Dewey Decimal
001.6/425
Language
English
LC Class
QA76.6 .B75

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related to External links · 10
The Mythical Man-Month → Accident, Chapel HillOrganization, Essence, Hector Correa, No Silver Bullet, North Carolina, Official, Selected Text, Team PatternsA, University
related to Bibliography · 7
The Mythical Man-Month → Addison-Wesley, Brooks, Chapter, Frederick, ISBN, No Silver Bullet' Refired, PC Magazine
related to No silver bullet · 6
The Mythical Man-Month → Accidents, Brooks, Essence, No Silver Bullet, No Silver Bullet' Refired, Software Engineering
Author · 1
The Mythical Man-Month → Fred Brooks
Dewey Decimal · 1
The Mythical Man-Month → 001.6/425
ISBN · 1
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LC Class · 1
The Mythical Man-Month → QA76.6 .B75
Publication date · 1
The Mythical Man-Month → 1975
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The Mythical Man-Month → United States

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The Mythical Man-MonthAuthorFred Brooks1.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthDewey Decimal001.6/4251.00infobox
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The Mythical Man-MonthLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthLC ClassQA76.6 .B751.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthPublication date19751.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthPublisherAddison-Wesley1.00infobox
The Mythical Man-MonthSubjectSoftware project management1.00infobox
The Mythical Man-Monthrelated to BibliographyBrooks0.60section
The Mythical Man-Monthrelated to BibliographyFrederick0.60section
The Mythical Man-Monthrelated to BibliographyAddison-Wesley0.60section

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