Brook's law

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Explanation:

  1. Ramp up time for new members.
  2. Contribution from existing members to onboard new members
  3. More time spent on keeping everyone in sync

Solutions:

  1. Change the deadlines
  2. Bring specialists who don’t need to ramp up.
  3. Good modularization of the problem.

References

Book: The Mythical Man Month

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