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When used in computer science, a SMOP is the smallest unit of software engineering effort which can be allocated at the onset of a project. A SMOP has the curious property that its size increases exponentially as the project progresses. It is not uncommon for a SMOP to grow to man-decades. There is anecdotal evidence of SMOPs encompassing man-centuries.
* to remind one's colleagues that ''every'' design change seems like a small matter of programming, until implementation starts, or▼
* to reassert by irony one's awareness of the danger of underestimating required effort.▼
The [[Jargon File]] describes a SMOP<ref>[http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/SMOP.html Simple Matter of Programming] in the [[Jargon File]]</ref> as:
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Note that SMOPs are often logarithmic in nature. Each additional SMOP adds another order of magnitude onto calendar time.
▲The implication of using it is either
▲* to remind one's colleagues that ''every'' design change seems like a small matter of programming, until implementation starts, or
▲* to reassert by irony one's awareness of the danger of underestimating required effort.
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