Fred Brooks said it well in the Mythical Man Month: "the sheer number of minds to be coordinated affects the cost of the effort, for a major part of the cost i

Fred Brooks said it well in the Mythical Man Month: "the sheer number of minds to be coordinated affects the cost of the effort, for a major part of the cost is communication and correcting the ill effects of miscommunication (system debugging). This, too, suggests that one wants the system to be built by as few minds as possible."