Just Throw More Bodies at the Problem, an interesting quick read on why throwing more people at a development problem slows progress rather than speeds it up: http://benlakey.com/2012/06/21/just-throw-more-bodies-at-the-problem/

4th July 2012 Rowan Manning in Management, Product Management, Software Development, Deadlines

Just Throw More Bodies at the Problem | benlakey.com

Fred Brooks authored a book in 1975 called 'The Mythical Man Month'. In it, he argued that adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. The core of this belief has been captured in Brooks's Law: It takes some time for the people added to a project to become productive.

Charlie Elise Duff

Isn't that known as 'too many cooks'?

4th July 2012

Phil Booth

I thoroughly agree with this post. I think the arguments are best characterised in Fred Brooks' awesome (and still bang on relevant, despite being first published in 1975) book, The Mythical Man Month. Recommended reading for anyone involved in the management of software development projects:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

5th July 2012

4th July 2012 Rowan Manning in Management, Product Management, Software Development, Deadlines

Just Throw More Bodies at the Problem | benlakey.com

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