The Mythical Man Month

Modules

• [[the-programming-systems-product]]
• [[why-is-programming-fun]]
• [[the-woes-of-programming]]

Chapter Checklist

• 1 The Tar Pit
  • The Programming Systems Product
  • The Joys of the Craft
  • The Woes of the Craft
• 2 The Mythical Man-Month
• 3 The Surgical Team
• 4 Aristocracy, Democracy, and System Design
• 5 The Second-System Effect
• 6 Passing the Word
• 7 Why Did the Tower of Babel Fail?
• 8 Calling the Shot
• 9 Ten Pounds in a Five-Pound Sack
• 10 The Documentary Hypothesis
• 11 Plan to Throw One Away
• 12 Sharp Tools
• 13 The Whole and the Parts
• 14 Hatching a Catastrophe
• 15 The Other Face
• Epilogue