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The Mythical Man-Month

Name: The Mythical Man-Month
Author: Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Frederick P. Brooks Jr. · 1975 (1995 anniv.) · 322 pp.

What it does

The collected lessons of the OS/360 project. "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." "Plan to throw one away." Half a century old; every essay still indicts modern projects.

Who should read it

Anyone who has ever managed a software project — or been managed on one.

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