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A '''chief programmer team''' iswas the concept of a [[programming team]] organized in a star around a "chief" role, granted to the [[software]] [[engineer]] who understandsunderstood the system's intentions the best. Other team members getgot supporting roles.<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/>

[[Fred Brooks]] describes the concept in detail in ''[[The Mythical Man-Month]]'',<ref name=Brooks>{{cite book|last1=Brooks, Jr.|first1=Frederick P.|title=The Mythical Man-Month|date=1975|publisher=Addison-Wesley Publishing Company|pages=32–-35|accessdate=August 25, 201632––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 />

* Chief Programmer: the most senior member of the team, has overall technical responsibility for the project.

* Backup Programmer: assists the chief programmer and shares his duties.

* Administrator: handles "money, people, space, and machines."

* Editor: has responsibility for project documentation.

* Secretaries: the Administrator and Editor each have a secretary.

* Program Clerk: responsible for all project technical records.

* Toolsmith: builds and maintainssupports tools used by developers.

* Tester: develops tests for verification.

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

* Programmers: work under the direction of the Chief Programmer and the Backup Programmer.

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

==References==

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==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|accessdateaccess-date=August 25, 2016}}

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