August 1995
Beginner
336 pages
6h 4m
English
book
Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition
by Frederick P. Brooks
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Chapter 6. Passing the Word
He'll sit here and he'll say, "Do this! Do that!" And nothing will happen.—HARRY S TRUMAN, ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER[1]
Assuming that he has the disciplined, experienced architects and that there are many implementers, how shall the manager ensure that everyone hears, understands, and implements the architects' decisions? How can a group of 10 architects maintain the conceptual integrity of a system which 1000 men are building? A whole technology for doing this was worked out for the System/360 hardware design effort, and it is equally applicable to software projects.
Written Specifications—the Manual
The manual, or ...