Brook's Law

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Leadership

Foundational Lexiconmore people slows down
Executive Parlancecoordination overhead
Scholarly Discoursecommunication complexity
Babel ZenithBrook's Law
Origin: Fred Brooks

Etymology & Meaning

Adding people to a late project makes it later.

In the Boardroom

Resisting the urge to throw bodies at a delayed project.

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