Concept
Brooks's Law
Brooks's Law originates from The Mythical Man-Month and states that adding manpower to a late software project only makes it later. Its core mechanisms include communication costs that grow with the square of the number of people, the learning cost of new members, and the indivisibility of tasks.
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Oct 25
Brooks's Law (adding manpower to an already delayed project only delays it further) was rated C-tier or lower on the Tier List, on the grounds that it is unreliable.
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Sep 11
Brooks's Law states: adding manpower to a software project that is already late will only make it later.
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