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> "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later, but adding documentation to a late software project makes it easier to add manpower.." I think th
by cies 7y ago
> "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later, but adding documentation to a late software project makes it easier to add manpower.."
I think this is shared by all big engineering works.
> This is a cultural mechanic
I'd call this "structural" instead of "cultural", where I am of the opinion that culture is implicit and structure is explicit in nature.
- fit2rule 7y agoInteresting, I would reverse those terms entirely: culture is explicit (it has to be continually re-told in order to persist) whereas structure is a consequence of the natural form of life, imposed upon the laws of the physical universe. I wonder how we came to such abject differences?
- cies 7y agoIndeed interesting. Someone told me long time ago: if you dont provide structure at the job, people will find a shared method of working but it will be culture then (harder to change, mostly implicit). This stayed with me. I think I recently read a similar statement again in some text.