焦油坑（THE TAR PIT）..............................................................................................................1
编程系统产品...............................................................................................................................1
职业的乐趣...................................................................................................................................3
职业的苦恼...................................................................................................................................4
人月神话（THE MYTHICAL MAN-MONTH）...........................................................................6
乐观主义.......................................................................................................................................7
人月...............................................................................................................................................8
系统测试.....................................................................................................................................10
空泛的估算.................................................................................................................................11
重复产生的进度灾难.................................................................................................................12
外科手术队伍（THE SURGICAL TEAM）...............................................................................16
问题.............................................................................................................................................16
ILLS的建议.............................................................................................................................17
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如何运作.....................................................................................................................................20
团队的扩建.................................................................................................................................21
贵族专制、民主政治和系统设计（ARISTOCRACY, DEMOCRACY, AND SYSTEM DESIGN）
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概念一致性.................................................................................................................................22
获得概念的完整性.....................................................................................................................23
贵族专制统治和民主政治.........................................................................................................24
在等待时，实现人员应该做什么？.........................................................................................26
画蛇添足（THE SECOND-SYSTEM EFFECT）......................................................................29
结构师的交互准则和机制.........................................................................................................29
自律——开发第二个系统所带来的后果.................................................................................30
贯彻执行（PASSING THE WORD）..........................................................................................33
文档化的规格说明——手册.....................................................................................................33
形式化定义.................................................................................................................................34
直接整合.....................................................................................................................................36
会议和大会.................................................................................................................................36
多重实现.....................................................................................................................................38
