From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/23/2025 8:57 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 6/23/2025 8:33 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:27:21 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>> But having added manpower early in the project would almost certainly   
   >>> have had a positive impact.   
   >>   
   >> Software development is not like digging a ditch.   
   >   
   > It is not - it is several orders of magnitude more complex.   
   >   
   > But the reason there are project teams of different sizes   
   > (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 ...) is not that management   
   > is incompetent and no size deliver faster than 10 - it is   
   > because with proper planning it is actually possible to   
   > spread out work.   
   >   
   > It is not easy, but good project managers, good architects   
   > and good tech leads can do it.   
   >   
      
   If 10 men can complete a project in 10 days how long will it take   
   20 men?   
      
   Obviously 20 days and there is very little likelihood either will   
   actually be successful.   
      
   Believe it or  not, sometimes the right number of men for a project   
   is one.   
      
   bill   
      
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