IBM System/360 lead; UNC professor

Fred Brooks

Brooks drew lessons from managing one of the largest software projects of the 1960s: conceptual integrity, the cost of communication, and why adding people to a late project makes it later.

Essential reading: The Mythical Man-Month
“No Silver Bullet”
The Design of Design
Models in this guide: 2

No. 066People, Org & Influence
Brooks's Law
Adding people to a late software project makes it later.
No. 126From the Masters
Conceptual Integrity
A system should reflect one coherent set of design ideas, even at the cost of some features.

Brooks's Law

Conceptual Integrity