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Makes Parallel Work Difficult

Understand the difficulties layered software architecture poses for parallel work, including dependency ordering and integration issues. Learn why these challenges affect development speed and team coordination, helping you grasp the limitations of traditional layered designs for scalable projects.

Management expectation

Management usually expects us to be done with building the software they sponsor at a certain date. They even expect us to be done within a certain budget, but let’s not complicate things here.

A “done” software

Aside from the fact that I have never seen “done” software in my career as a software developer, to be done by a certain date usually implies that we have to work in parallel.

The Mythical Man-Month

You probably know this famous conclusion from “The Mythical Man-Month”: ...