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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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Brooks' law

Summary

Brooks' law is a principle[1]. It draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #14 of 126).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brooks' law's instance of is recorded as principle[3].
  • Fred Brooks is named after Brooks' law[4].
  • Brooks' law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hbjc[5].
  • Brooks' law's Quora topic ID is recorded as Brookss-Law[6].

Why It Matters

Brooks' law draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #14 of 126).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Fred Brooks

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_brooks-law_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Brooks' law}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/brooks-law}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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