[cctalk] Re: RIP Fred Brooks (1931-2022)

2022-11-20 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Alas another one gone. Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 7:34 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: As the subject (and wikipedia) say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha

[cctalk] Re: RIP Fred Brooks (1931-2022)

2022-11-19 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 11/19/22 01:46, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 11/18/22 18:34, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: As the subject (and wikipedia) say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks When I took a project management class at CDC, "The Mythical Man-month" was required course material. I had a manag

[cctalk] Re: RIP Fred Brooks (1931-2022)

2022-11-18 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/18/22 18:34, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > As the subject (and wikipedia) say: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks When I took a project management class at CDC, "The Mythical Man-month" was required course material. I had a manager who admonished me "A milestone is something

[cctalk] Re: RIP Fred Brooks (1931-2022)

2022-11-18 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 11/18/22 20:34, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: As the subject (and wikipedia) say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks Oh my! I didn't realize he was still around, the Mythical Man Month was a fascinating read. The general concept was pretty obvious to anyone who developed software