Worse, is when folks take a late project and add people to it. They don't realiz...

		taeric on Sept 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The longer it has taken, the longer it will take (... Worse, is when folks take a late project and add people to it. They don't realize this is just adding to the work, so will almost certainly just increase the time. You may get lucky and one of the new additions throws out the current plan. Cuts from the sunk costs. Probably, though, that will be its own trap. You'll think you understood your success for the next time.

That’s Brook’s law: “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later,”