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Aka "9 women won't give birth to a child in 1 month". An example often used to describe how adding more developers doesn't necessarily solve an issue quicker.
by matude 9y ago
Aka "9 women won't give birth to a child in 1 month". An example often used to describe how adding more developers doesn't necessarily solve an issue quicker.
- gumby 9y agoCredit for this goes to Fred Brooks, and appears in his famous book "The Mythical Man-Month"
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoYes it does. I could not find my copy to find the quote I wanted to use so I used my own (not quite as effective) words.
- gumby 9y agoDidn't mean to imply you'd done something wrong, just added to your comment.
- waynecochran 9y ago"What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months." - Fred Brooks