Brooks's law

Yeah, that's the idea.

So the other law that I've clumped into this section is Brooks' law, which essentially states that more people can create less progress.

Yeah.

Which I think we've all experienced this.

That's who this guy was.

Yeah.

Brooks' law states that adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

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I'm thinking about the actual mathematics of communication here, because there's that concept where the number of communication channels grows exponentially with every person you add to a team.

Yes, the Brooks's Law sort of concept.

Right.

If you have three people, there are only three lines of communication between you all.