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Brooks's law, the Glossary

Brooks's law is an observation about software project management that "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.^[1]

19 relations: Anti-pattern, Bermuda, Combinatorial explosion, Communication, Communication channel, Death march (project management), Engineering, Fred Brooks, Linus's law, List of eponymous laws, List of software development philosophies, Productivity, Programmer, Quality assurance, Ramp-up, Schedule (project management), Software design pattern, Software project management, The Mythical Man-Month.
1975 neologisms
Computer architecture statements
Waste of resources

Anti-pattern

An anti-pattern in software engineering, project management, and business processes is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive.

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Bermuda

Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Combinatorial explosion

In mathematics, a combinatorial explosion is the rapid growth of the complexity of a problem due to the way its combinatorics depends on input, constraints and bounds.

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Communication

Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information.

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A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking.

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Death march (project management)

In project management, a death march is a project which participants believe to be destined for failure, or that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork. Brooks's law and death march (project management) are software project management.

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Engineering

Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.

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Fred Brooks

Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. (April 19, 1931 – November 17, 2022) was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month.

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Linus's law

In software development, Linus's law is the assertion that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". Brooks's law and Linus's law are computer architecture statements and Computing culture.

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List of eponymous laws

This list of eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws, principles, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person. Brooks's law and list of eponymous laws are adages.

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List of software development philosophies

This is a list of approaches, styles, methodologies, and philosophies in software development and engineering.

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Productivity

Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure.

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Programmer

A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code someone with skill in computer programming.

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Quality assurance

Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to assure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design, reliability, and maintainability expectations of that customer.

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Ramp-up

Ramp-up is a term used in economics and business to describe an increase in a firm's production ahead of anticipated increases in product demand.

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Schedule (project management)

In project management, a schedule is a listing of a project's milestones, activities, and deliverables.

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Software design pattern

In software engineering, a design pattern describes a relatively small, well-defined aspect (i.e. functionality) of a computer program in terms of how to write the code.

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Software project management

Software project management is the process of planning and leading software projects.

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The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering is a book on software engineering and project management by Fred Brooks first published in 1975, with subsequent editions in 1982 and 1995. Brooks's law and The Mythical Man-Month are software project management.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks's_law

Also known as Bermuda plan, Brook's Law, Brooke's Law, Brooks Law, Brooks' Law.