Comments on: Why you must never add resource to a late software project http://www.RiskHeads.org/add-resource-late-software-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=add-resource-late-software-project Musings on technology and corruption in insurance and finance. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Levine, PMP http://www.RiskHeads.org/add-resource-late-software-project/#comment-5022 Mike Levine, PMP Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:31 +0000 http://www.riskheads.com/?p=265#comment-5022 Fred Brooks (MMM): "9 women cannot make a baby in 1 month" Great article and I concur 100%. For 11 years I worked as a consultant specializing in recovering, rebaselining or closing down late projects across a plethora of markets. Educating senior and executive management why adding resource to a late project increases duration and team complexities and less gets done. I think many senior managers and executives think of software development in the same context as manufacturing widgets and moving them off of this paridigm is one of the biggest challenges for PMs. Go Agile! Fred Brooks (MMM): “9 women cannot make a baby in 1 month”

Great article and I concur 100%.

For 11 years I worked as a consultant specializing in recovering, rebaselining or closing down late projects across a plethora of markets. Educating senior and executive management why adding resource to a late project increases duration and team complexities and less gets done.

I think many senior managers and executives think of software development in the same context as manufacturing widgets and moving them off of this paridigm is one of the biggest challenges for PMs.

Go Agile!

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