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A chief programmer team is a programming team organized in a star around a "chief" role, granted to the software engineer who understands the system's intentions the best. Other team members get supporting roles, such as the librarian who records the chief's lecturings & team output.[1]

The concept is 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] Frederick Brooks describes the concept in detail in The Mythical Man-Month,[2] as proposed by Harlan Mills[3] in 1971.

References

  1. ^ a b Doug Bell, Software engineering for students: a programming approach
  2. ^ Frederick P. Brooks,Jr., The Mythical Man-Month
  3. ^ Mills, H. (1971), "Chief programmer teams, principles, and procedures", IBM Federal Systems Division Report FSC71-5108, Gaithersburg, Md.


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