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Question 1

What is the name given by the software industry for the problems of adding people to a team?

Answer 1

Brooks’s Law

Brooks’s Law states that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later.

Question 2

What does Brooks’s Law imply about team efficiency?

Answer 2

Adding more people to a late project decreases efficiency

This principle highlights that the integration and coordination costs outweigh the benefits of additional manpower.

Question 3

Fill in the blank: Brooks’s Law states that adding more people to a late software project only makes it ______.

Answer 3

later

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a term related to team dynamics in the software development context?
* motivational process loss
* team building
* Brooks’s Law
* social loafing

Answer 4

team building

While team building is important, it does not directly relate to the problems caused by adding team members as described by Brooks’s Law.