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The Mythical Man-Month Is Not A Myth
Posted on May 18, 2010 3 Comments
Brooks’ law is a principle in software development which says that “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later”. It was coined by Fred Brooks in his well renowed 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month. There was a recent project where unrealistic timelines were imposed on a team and the project was running late […]
IT is never 100 percent at fault for any massive project
Posted on August 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
If you read my previous blog post on Executive Support For Agile Adoption, I described how management support is important. This topic is tocuhed on in Thomas Wailgum’s recent article in the CIO.com [5 Aug 2009], After a Massive Tech Project Failure: What IT Can Expect. In his article he states – IT is never […]