Fred Brooks' Law: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it
later".
already 1960s, IIRC
Kind regards
Bernd
Am 13.02.2012 08:24, schrieb Edward Jaffe:
On 2/12/2012 11:41 AM, Chris Craddock wrote:
The (evidently popular) idea that you can pick a random group of
(cheap) gunslingers and solve big system or application development
problems is as bankrupt today as it ever was. It only ever works on a
spreadsheet.
It's funny how so often, despite Santayana's admonishments, new
management teams implement the same failed ideas (with new names) all
over again. Politicians do this every 4-8 years or so. Must be human
nature... :-\
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