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Previous episode Brooks's law: why adding people to a late project makes it later

Brooks's law: why adding people makes a late project later

When adding people to a project does help

Brooks's law says new people make a late project later. Yet some teams add people and finish sooner. Is the law wrong, or are they?

  1. 1 Miva tells it with a big smile: on her last project, new people joined, and the project finished sooner.New peoplesaved my lastproject!Miva

    Miva tells it with a big smile: on her last project, new people joined, and the project finished sooner.

  2. 2 Rono wonders if Brooks got it wrong. Both of them can be right, and the key hides in one word of the law.So Brooksgot it wrong?MivaRono

    Rono wonders if Brooks got it wrong. Both of them can be right, and the key hides in one word of the law.

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