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Brooks' law

principle in software development that, past some point, assigning more people to a software project ends up delaying it
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principle
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Fred Brooks[2]
🏷️ Also known as
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Summary

Brooks' law is a principle[1].

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Fred Brooks

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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