Myths of Software Development (2)

Project requirements continually change, but change is easily accommodated since software is malleable
- Software requirements do change, but the impact of change varies with the type of change and the time at which it is introduced.
- Changes requested late in the project may be many times more expensive than the same changes requested earlier in development
If we get behind schedule, we can add more programmers and catch up
- “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later” (Brooks)
- Discussion: Brooks’s Law