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matude
3202 days ago
Aka "9 women won't give birth to a child in 1 month". An example often used to describe how adding more developers doesn't necessarily solve an issue quicker.
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waynecochran
3202 days ago
"What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months." - Fred Brooks
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gumby
3202 days ago
Credit for this goes to Fred Brooks, and appears in his famous book "The Mythical Man-Month"
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JustSomeNobody
3202 days ago
Yes it does. I could not find my copy to find the quote I wanted to use so I used my own (not quite as effective) words.
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gumby
3202 days ago
Didn't mean to imply you'd done something wrong, just added to your comment.
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