which is why the most famous book in the world of software development pointed out that the long term success of a software project is not defined by man hours

which is why the most famous book in the world of software development pointed out that the long term success of a software project is not defined by man hours or lines of code written but by documentation, clear interfaces and the capacity to manage the complexity of a project. Maybe they need to start handing out copies of the mythical man month again because people seem to be oblivious to insights we already had a few decades ago