QS> management and organization of this, and has asked me to recommend a
QS> book on this subject. Thus I am asking you...

The Mythical Man-Month is a classic (and quite a bit more pricey
than the $9.95 it once was). It's not an in-depth treatment, and
it's kind of dated, but from the cover (prehistoric beasts mired in
the La Brea tar pits) on, it covers stages of a project quite well.
Disregard the dated mainframey stuff. his chapter, "The Second
System Syndrome" is particularly good.

Dr. Brooks was project leader on OS/360, which was, er, a few
years late. He left IBM to teach at UNC, so there were quite a
few used copies around Chapel Hill.

If Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoons have made it into a book yet, I
highly recommend them. If not, find someone who gets them in
the paper and have them cut out and sent to your brother. Dilbert
addresses things that the management books will NEVER tell you.
at least, truthfully. politics and morale. "comp" time. 60hr weeks.

he might also look up the classic "executive monkey" study where
monkeys were conditioned to press a "correct button", then later
given an electric shock no matter which button they pressed. they
got ulcers much more than monkeys who could avoid the shocks.

and a suggestion from me: tell him to keep a few major decisions
that his supervisor has to make in reserve on those "all-out" ef-
forts- where he and the coders are sweating on Sunday afternoon
while the creep who ordered it is sucking a beer and watching
football. that way, about halfway through the 2nd Quarter, your
brother can call up and say, "We need you here to make this
decision by 3:30PM or we can't have the code ready on
Monday AM.". Of course, your brother will be right there with the
troops in such a situation or he deserves a similar call.

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