The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. is a software engineer, computer scientist, and computer architect. He is well known as the "Father of the IBM System/360," having served as project manager for the system's development and later as project manager for the Operating System/360 software project during its design phase. In 1985, Bob Evans, and Erick Block were awarded the National Medal of Technology for their efforts.

The Mythical Man-Month is one of the few publications on software project management that has been as influential and timeless. Fred Brooks advises anyone managing difficult projects with a blend of information about software engineering and provocative viewpoints. These writings are based on his work managing projects for the vast OS/360 software system and the IBM System/360 computer family. Twenty years after the book's initial release, Brooks revisited his original ideas and provided fresh perspectives and recommendations for both readers who are already familiar with his work and readers who are learning about it for the first time.

The newly added chapters include:

• A concise summary of all the claims made in the original book, including Brooks' main contention in The Mythical Man-Month: that due to the division of labor, large programming projects experience management issues that are distinct from those faced by smaller projects; that the conceptual integrity of the final product is therefore crucial; and that it is challenging but not impossible to achieve this unity.
  
• Brooks' perspective of these claims a generation later.
• Brooks' view of these claims today.

Author: Frederick P. Brooks Jr

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