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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Solution?