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“Classical book on managing software projects. The book was written in 70s and is now a bit funny to read.”
Vladimir wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fantastic. Seminal work on what we do for a living.
David M wrote this review Monday, August 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I don't care how long ago it was written. It is just as true today.
”“Important for my profession, but boring nevertheless.”
Amit Batra wrote this review Saturday, August 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“read the dutch version, this one is on the shelf”
Gerben V wrote this review Monday, June 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is an excellent book, one of the classics of computer science.”
David U wrote this review Sunday, May 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is one of those "have to read" texts of computer science. Having said that, a lot of the essays are dated (we are talking punch cards), but a lot of the theories and philosophies are timeless.”
Derek P. wrote this review Saturday, June 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“MUST READ for any programmer/computer science major/project manager. Brooks identified many fundamental rules for successful project management that many IT project managers continue to break. When I taught at University, I assigned as one of the course texts and it was immensely useful. In IT management, I have all my IT staff read it.
Matt R wrote this review Saturday, June 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
However, many of the fundamentals of project management apply to other disciplines, too (focused teams, exponential communication costs, adding more people makes it later, etc.). I'd heartily recommend this book to anyone managing medium/large scale projects. There's definitely stuff in there for you, too!”
“A very smart friend of mine gave me his copy of this book. If you ever want to supervise software coding, this is a must read.”
Daniel M wrote this review Tuesday, April 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is book that all, ALL, people doing anything in the software development world must have. I have used this book to guide me on the current projects I manage, and, hopefully, avoid the pitfalls of software development.
john b wrote this review Thursday, November 8 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Did I mention ALL people in software development must read this book??? :)”
“The nature and application of software has changed radically 30 years since Brooks wrote this classic. Sadly, human nature has not -- engineering flesh is still heir to the thousand natural shocks that he describes. Thus, despite all the silver bullets we in software development have been offered over the years, Dr. Brooks analysis is still painfully accurate. ”
John A wrote this review Thursday, November 8 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
