Title: A must for all developers and managers of software
Review: If you work with any aspect of software (design, construction, support, management) you must read this. So many other books and authors refer to this work that you are at a disadvantage if you don't read it.I was misinformed about the structure of the work before I read it. I assumed that the work was entirely about the Mythical Man-Month problem. It is not. That is only one chapter of the book. Each chapter covers one area and is generally short, to the point and full of nuggets of wisdom.This release is an update to the orginal printing of the book. That is good because some of the original essays are a bit out of date. For example, he stresses that PL/I is the best language for development. Its hardly used at all for new software nowadays. In the new added chapters, Brooks, takes a look back at what he predicted and takes an honest assessment of what he proposed. That is refreshing.
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