by Steve McConnell
McConnell shows rapid development comes not from working faster but from avoiding rework, scope creep, and chaos. Preventing classic mistakes is what reliably keeps software projects on schedule.
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It draws on The Mythical Man-Month and The Effective Executive.
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McConnell frequently references Brooks' Mythical Man-Month, especially the law about adding people to late projects
Cites Drucker's Effective Executive principles when discussing how software managers should prioritise and delegate
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