Brooks, Jr., Frederick P

The Dilemma There are wide productivity variations between good programmers and poor ones. Sackman et. al. found 10:1 ratios. The data showed no correlation between experience and performance. The idea of a 10x developer is mostly ridiculed in my online circles. That said, some jobs have X years of experience as a requirement. How can we resolve these contradictions? The major part of the cost of large teams is communication, and system debugging to correct the ill effects of miscommunication....

01. The Tar Pit; Mythical Man Month [Brooks, Jr., Frederick P]; 02. The Mythical Man-Month; 03. The Surgical Team;