If you're not familiar Frederick Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month [1], it's a great read. In it, he postulates Brook's Law: Adding manpower to a late software pr

If you're not familiar Frederick Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month [1], it's a great read. In it, he postulates Brook's Law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. Surprisingly how long we've known this (1975), yet we constantly need to be reminded of it. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month