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The Mythical Man-Month

As always. Considering we are making great software, but a lot of projects still seem to go over the estimated time....then I guess learning about that is what will bring us ahead.

Also this talk by Greg Wilson: http://vimeo.com/9270320

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I remember hearing about it while I was at uni, and checking it out of my uni library. I read through it, and it was a dusty old tome full of references to long dead systems.

And it was good, while not saying anything I was hugely shocked by, but making clear and sensible points.

And now a few years down the line, I'm out of uni and working, and I find myself toying with buying it for my boss...

Do it, I bought Peopleware for a previous boss as a kind of thanks present when I left that project. He really enjoyed it I think.

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