Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Quotes

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Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. is a renowned American computer scientist born in 1931. He is best known for his book "The Mythical Man-Month," which explores project management and software engineering. Brooks has made significant contributions to the field, including the development of the IBM System/360 and OS/360 operating systems. He also played a key role in the creation of the Computer Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, he is a professor emeritus of computer science at the same university.

There is no single development, in either technology or mana

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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