System/360的開發過程被視為計算機發展史上最大的一次豪賭,為了研發System/360這台大型電腦,IBM決定徵召六萬多名新員工,建立五座新工廠,而當時出貨的時間不斷的順延。吉恩·阿姆達爾是系統主架構師,當時的專案經理佛瑞德·布魯克斯(Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.)事後根據這項計劃的開發經驗,寫作《人月神话:软件项目管理之道》(The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering)記述人類工程史上一項里程碑式的大型複雜軟體系統開發經驗。
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