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> I'm surprised that people still believe the Mythical Man-Month. As mentioned it was written almost 40 years ago. That hardly means that what it has to teach

> I'm surprised that people still believe the Mythical Man-Month. As mentioned it was written almost 40 years ago. That hardly means that what it has to teach isn't still valid. Admittedly, I've only read a few chapters in it, but the central point that throwing more man power at a late project only serves to make it later, is at least as relevant today as when the book was first published. > It was revolutionary at the time but people have moved on and found many improvements to the original and also outright mistakes. Could you be more specific? > (As the author seems to have acknowledged when releasing a new improved iteration of his book.) So, do your points above refer only to the first edition of the book then?

aaron695 12y ago
> throwing more man power at a late project only serves to make it later This is only part of the book. And as per this thread there's a lot more to the book . IE we are specifically talking about it's comments on prototyping which the original OP mentioned in their email. It's been years since I read it, but I'll toss in this review with their points -http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/882155551?book_show_action=true&page=1 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/882155551?book_show_act... To me, to believe one persons opinionated book from 40 years ago as relevant today is just plain wrong. Even things like the way science was done back then is in questionable today. Systems they developed will be improved on, technology and societal change will make specifics no longer totally accurate and one person won't get an entire book right.