Rationale behind Brooks’ law
- Adding more people to a project doesn't mean it will be completed faster.
- People who are already working on the project must spend time training newcomers.
- It takes time for new people to join the project to become productive.
- Time is spent on communication rather than work, which can quickly rise as people are added to a project. The larger a group is, the more agreement and organization it will need.
- Certain tasks cannot be divided into partitions that separate people can handle.
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