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The Waterfall Model is wrong and harmful we must outgrow it.
Fred Brooks
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Fred Brooks
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: April 19
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Mathematician
Software Engineer
University Teacher
Durham
North Carolina
Frederick Phillips Brooks
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Frederick Phillips Fred Brooks
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Frederick P. Brooks
Frederick Phillips
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