“Men and months are interchangeable commodities only when a task can be partitioned among many workers with no communication among them.”
Quote by Fred Brooks
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Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks is an American software engineer born in April 1931. He has had a profound impact on the field of software engineering, particularly through his work on the classic book 'The Mythical Man-Month'. During his tenure at IBM, Brooks led the development of the IBM System/360 operating system, a project that was one of the most successful in IBM's history. His contributions to software engineering principles, such as the 'No Silver Bullet' theory, have provided deep insights into the nature and complexity of software development. more
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