> I actually want to be able to identify where diminishing returns really kick in That is your problem. If you listen, what you are hearing is that life is no

> I actually want to be able to identify where diminishing returns really kick in That is your problem. If you listen, what you are hearing is that life is not so simple. People are people, they have a mix of skills, some more, some less, some communicate well. Bigger projects suffer communication problems in different ways. What you could be hearing is the voice of experience. It comes from being bitten too many times, mostly by people who believe in such charts.