Brooks’s law

1 of our books defines this term.

law coined by Fred Brooks which states that adding new people to a team doesn’t immediately increase the capacity of a team.

Team Topologies, First Edition

See also cognitive load · collaboration mode · complicated-subsystem team · Dunbar’s number · enabling team · extraneous cognitive load

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