Fred Brooks Is Gone, But His IT Management Lessons Will Live Forever
Computerworld, December 13th, 2022
The author of the classic software management book, "The Mythical Man-Month," passed away recently. To honor his memory, we should finally start applying his lessons.
Fred Brooks died last month at age 91. Thanks to his best-selling software development management book, The Mythical Man-Month Essays on Software Engineering, he became a programming and management legend.
Over the decades, I've met many tech leaders, but few were as quietly impressive as Brooks. While I saw him several times at events, I only spoke to him once when he was the chairman of the University of North Carolina's computer science department.
Some tech leaders, such as Steve Jobs, show their brilliance like a nova. Others, like Brooks, are quiet, witty, and equally bright in their own way.