Doug Thompson wrote at 13:39 on 17 Sep 2005: > > > Dale Erwin wrote: > > Doug Thompson wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> When I worked for a large corporation, we referred to the notion that > >> merely adding people to a project would decrease the time to job > >> completion as the "9 women, 1 month, 1 baby method". > > > > > > But it's a method that does produce results under certain > > circumstances. One has to be wary of the "point of diminishing > > returns." If one worker can produce one unit per day and two > > workers can produce two units per day, it does not necessarily > > follow that two workers can produce one unit in half a day. > > Oh for crying out loud. Doesn't anyone understand the concept of irony > any more?
Irony -- Of or pertaining to the process of using a flat hot object to remove wrinkles from clothing. <VBG> (Sorry, I just could not resist the urge.) -- Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
