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About the Author

Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Ch. 1. The Tar Pit

The Programming Systems Product

The Joys of the Craft

The Woes of the Craft

Ch. 2. The Mythical Man-Month

Ch. 3. The Surgical Team

Ch. 4. Aristocracy, Democracy, and System Design

Ch. 5. The Second-System Effect

Ch. 6. Passing the Word

Ch. 7. Why Did the Tower of Babel Fail?

Ch. 8. Calling the Shot

Ch. 9. Ten Pounds in a Five-Pound Sack

Ch. 10. The Documentary Hypothesis

Ch. 11. Plan to Throw One Away

Ch. 12. Sharp Tools

Ch. 13. The Whole and the Parts

Ch. 14. Hatching a Catastrophe

Ch. 15. The Other Face

Ch. 16. No Silver Bullet—Essence and Accident in Software Engineering

Ch. 17. “No Silver Bullet” Refined

Ch. 18. Propositions of The Mythical Man-Month: True or False?

Ch. 19. The Mythical Man-Month after 20 Years

Epilogue: Fifty Years of Wonder, Excitement, and Joy

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