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minus-squareemmeram@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-26 months agoAdding manpower to a late software project makes it later. Fred Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month - 1975
minus-squarelechatronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months ago“You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.” -Warren Buffet It’s a quote about investing but applies to software too.
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI prefer to just say 9 women can’t make a baby in a month. I’m in software I say it all the time to project managers.
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
Fred Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month - 1975
“You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.” -Warren Buffet
It’s a quote about investing but applies to software too.
I prefer to just say 9 women can’t make a baby in a month. I’m in software I say it all the time to project managers.