Brooks' Law

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gptkbp:instanceOf software engineering principle
gptkbp:appliesTo software project management
gptkbp:citation software engineering literature
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Fred_Brooks
1975
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brooks' Law
gptkbp:implies productivity does not scale linearly with team size
onboarding new members takes time
increasing team size can increase communication overhead
gptkbp:relatedConcept software development
project management
mythical man-month
gptkbp:sentence Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
gptkbp:statedIn gptkb:The_Mythical_Man-Month
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conway's_Law_of_Software_Engineering
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7