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And it sometimes seems very difficult to explain to the management types that adding people to the project will not make it go any faster.

• lukev 16y ago
  Oh, no... they don't add people. They add "resources."
  • hello_moto 16y ago
    Saw this in a software as well recently. There was a grid/table for adding/removing employees. But the title said "Resources".
  • gaius 16y ago
    Yet they sure don't like being referred to as "Powerpoint resources".
  • MartinCron 16y ago
    Even though it was 15 years ago, I still vividly remember the disquiet I felt the first time I heard the term "human resources". It felt so Soylent Green to me. Even though he's not universally popular around here, I'm going to admit to liking Seth Godin's "Let's call it the talent department" argument: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/02/marketing-hr.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/02/marketing-hr...
  • gvb 16y ago
    ...and most of the time the "resources" are aggregated into "full time equivalents." :-(
  • eavc 16y ago
    Vespene gas.
• run4yourlives 16y ago
  Just give them a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law
  • Legion 16y ago
    One too many s's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_law
    • run4yourlives 16y ago
      Weird, I cut and pasted that link. Oh well, edited, thanks.