Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

These Essays Draw From Brooks' Experience As Project Manager For The Ibm System/360 Computer Family And Then For Os/360, Its Massive Software System. Now, 20 Years After The Initial Publication Of His Book, Brooks Has Revisited His Original Ideas And Added New Thoughts And Advice. -- From Publisher Description. The Tar Pit -- The Mythical Man-month -- The Surgical Team -- Aristocracy, Democracy, And System Design -- The Second-system Effect -- Passing The Word -- Why Did The Tower Of Babel Fail? -- Calling The Shot -- Ten Pounds In A Five-pound Sack -- The Documentary Hypothesis -- Plan To Throw One Away -- Sharp Tools -- The Whole And The Parts -- Hatching A Catastrophe -- The Other Face -- No Silver Bulled--essence And Accident -- No Silver Bullet Refired -- Propositions Of The Mythical Man-month: True Or False? -- The Mythical Man-month After 20 Years. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Anniversary Ed. Has Four New Chapters. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 293-308) And Index.