• emmeram@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

    Fred Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month - 1975

    • lechatron
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      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.

      • curiousaur@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        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.