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

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