A chief programmer team was the concept of a programming team organized in a star around a "chief" role, granted to the software engineer who understood the system's intentions the best. Other team members got supporting roles. [1]
The concept was similar to that of a surgical team in which a surgeon who performs the operation is supported by medical staff such as an anaesthetist and nurses. [1] Fred Brooks describes the concept in detail in The Mythical Man-Month, [2] as proposed by Harlan Mills [3] in 1971.
The team consists of people. Various roles have been defined for team members, the following are taken from Brooks. [2]
In this arrangement the chief programmer and backup programmer actually work on the problem. The remaining team members provide "all conceivable support."
A chief programmer team was the concept of a programming team organized in a star around a "chief" role, granted to the software engineer who understood the system's intentions the best. Other team members got supporting roles. [1]
The concept was similar to that of a surgical team in which a surgeon who performs the operation is supported by medical staff such as an anaesthetist and nurses. [1] Fred Brooks describes the concept in detail in The Mythical Man-Month, [2] as proposed by Harlan Mills [3] in 1971.
The team consists of people. Various roles have been defined for team members, the following are taken from Brooks. [2]
In this arrangement the chief programmer and backup programmer actually work on the problem. The remaining team members provide "all conceivable support."