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Thursday, January 18, 2007

No Silver bullets

I still get annoyed when managers think they can simply throw people at problems. Some problems don't get fixed with numbers. There is no silver bullet

Permalink: Stew / 9:12 pm

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Brook's earlier essay 'The Mythical Man Month' also covers this territory. It was first published in 1975 and clearly still applies over 30 years later.

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Unknown : Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:44:00 pm

Ooooh. Who's rattled your cage?