The Mythical Man-Month
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Brooks's 1975 essays on software project management: adding people to a late project makes it later, conceptual integrity, no silver bullet. Every manager of complex work should read it.
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you manage any kind of complex project.
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- Brooks's law.
- Conceptual integrity matters most.
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Brooks's law.
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