The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month is a concept from the world of software development that was first written about in the late 70's. According to the Wikis, the concept is this: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." Very interesting...and probably very accurate.


I think this is pretty much also true if you replace the word "software project" with "television show"...unless the network's deadline is firm and everyone's been up for 18 hours and the edit suite smells like a locker room and the producer is frame fucking and the EP is gesticulating wildly and someone says "more Sapphire Glow!". In that case, replace the word "later" with "donkey balls".

(Thanks to the always dorky Daring Fireball for the conceptual heads-up. NB - this is not my life right now, but check back in 2 weeks.)