Brooks's law: why adding people makes a late project later
Communication overhead: what grows each time a person joins a team
Grow a team from three people to seven, and the questions, messages and meetings do not just double. Why does the talking grow so much faster than the team?
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Onboarding is over, yet you spend Monday morning answering questions instead of building. Nobody is lazy: everyone needs something from someone else.
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When you were three, it was easy. Each pair who needed to talk was one line of communication: you and Miva, you and Rono, Miva and Rono.
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