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What You Need to Know About Project Management by Fergus O'Connell | Episode 3 |

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Adding People to a Late Project Makes It Later

You can do anything you like on a poorly planned project, and it won't make the blindest bit of difference. There is a thing in project management called brook's law. It says that adding people to a late project makes it later. If your project gets into difficulty, go back and look at the plan. Don't just blindly ask everyone to work harder. The problem is, in the plan, not in the execution of the plan.

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