Carolina Quotes…the organization chart will initially reflect the first system design, which is almost surely not the right one […] as one learns, he changes the design […]. Management structures also need to be changed as the system changes…
Fred Brooks Carolinian
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- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975, 1995)
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- 1975
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