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A '''chief programmer team''' iswas the concept of a [[programming team]] whichorganized isin organiseda star around a [["chief" programmer]]role, whogranted isto boththe a[[software]] [[programmerengineer]] and an expertwho onunderstood the system's intentions. the Thebest. otherOther team members havegot other, specialisedsupporting roles, such as [[librarian]], which support the chief programmer in his primary task of designing and coding the [[software]].<ref name=DB>{{citation |url=httphttps://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=oMN1SR7KQd0C&pg=PA352 |title=Software engineering for students: a programming approach |author=Doug Bell|isbn=9780321261274 |year=2005 }}</ref>

The concept iswas similar to that of a [[surgical team]] in which a [[surgeon]] who performs the [[Surgery|operation]] is supported by medical staff such as an [[anaesthetist]] and [[nurse]]s.<ref name=DB/>

Frederick[[Fred Brooks]] describes the concept in detail in ''[[The Mythical Man-Month]]'',<ref name=FBBrooks>{{citationcite book|last1=Brooks, Jr.|first1=Frederick P.|title=The Mythical Man-Month|authordate=Frederick1975|publisher=Addison-Wesley P.Publishing Brooks,Jr.Company|pages=32––35}}</ref> as proposed by [[Harlan Mills]]<ref name=HM>{{citation|title=Chief programmer teams, principles, and procedures|author=Mills, H.|work=IBM Federal Systems Division Report FSC71-5108|place=Gaithersburg, Md.|year=1971}}</ref> in 1971.

==Team structure==

The team consists of people. Various roles have been defined for team members, the following are taken from Brooks.<ref name=Brooks />

* Program Clerk: responsible for all project technical records.

* Toolsmith: builds and supports tools used by developers.

* Language Lawyer: has in-depth expertise in the language(s) used to develop the project.

In this arrangement the chief programmer and backup programmer actually work on the problem. The remaining team members provide "all conceivable support."

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

* {{cite journal|last1=Sjoquist|first1=Robert J.|title=Experiences in the Development of a Large Scale Linear Programming System|journal=Computers and Mathematical Programming: Proceedings of the Bicentennial Conference on Mathematical Programming Held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 29-December 1, 1976|date=1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wf8GmbR8WHsC&pg=PA358|access-date=August 25, 2016}}

* {{cite web|title=Chief Programmer Team|url=http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ChiefProgrammerTeam|website=C2,Com|access-date=August 25, 2016}}

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