Chapter 1 The Tar Pit

Chapter 2 The Mythical Man-Month

Chapter 3 The Surgical Team

Chapter 4 Aristocracy,Democracy,and System Design

Chapter 5 The Second-System Effect

Chapter 6 Passing the Word

Chapter 7 Why Did the Tower of Babel Fail?

Chapter 8 Calling the Shot

Chapter 9 Ten Pounds in a Five-Pound Sack

Chapter 10 The Documentary Hypothesis

Chapter 11 Plan to Throw One Away

Chapter 12 Sharp Tools

Chapter 13 The Whole and the Parts

Chapter 14 Hatching a Catastrophe

Chapter 15 The Other Face

Chapter 16 No Silver Bullet—Essence and Accident

Chapter 17 "No Silver Bullet"Refired

Chapter 18 Propositions of The Mythical Man-Month:True or False?

Chapter 19 The Mythical Man-Month after 20 Years

Epilogue

Notes and References

Index