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Title: The Mythical ManMonth Essays on Software Engineering


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The Mythical Man-Month Essays on Software
Engineering
  • by Frederick P Brooks, Jr.
  • Addison Wesley 1982

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Man- Month
  • The man-month as a unit for measuring the size of
    a job is a dangerous and deceptive myth.
  • It implies that men and months are
    interchangeable.

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Late Project
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Brookss Law
  • Adding manpower to a late software project makes
    it later.

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  • Men and Months are not interchangeable.
  • The bearing of a child takes nine months, no
    matter how many women are assigned.

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  • Software Construction is inherently a system
    efforts.

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Communication Overhead
5 Members 10 Interactions
10 Members 45 Interactions
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