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by Isamu 16y ago
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This echoes the often-cited effect that communication overhead increases drastically with headcount.
Barry Boehm: adding programmers to a late project makes it later.
- jacques_chester 16y ago> Barry Boehm: adding programmers to a late project makes it later. It was Fred Brooks who observed that. So famous is the observation that's known as Brooks' Law. Not to denigrate Barry Boehm, mind you, who is a fantastic researcher.