The conclusion is simple: If a 200-man project has 25 managers who are the most competent and experienced programmers, fire the 175 troops and put the managers back to programming.
Fred P. Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month, Addison-Wesley 1995 (p. 130).
Virker inden for andre områder end programmering, tror jeg.
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Jeg kunne ikke finde citatet, og dermed konteksten, i min udgave af Brooks’ bog. I hvilket kapitel siger han det?
I kapitel 3, side 30 i min udgave. Det skal siges, at Brooks herefter går over til at diskutere, hvorfor den fremgangsmåde ikke helt løser problemet.