The Mythical Man-Month

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Fred Brooks's excellent 1975 book on software engineering.
See also Brooks's Law.
["The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering", Fred Brooks, Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2].
(1996-06-20)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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