The problem with the 6 months 1 programmer vs 1 month 6 programmers is that the minute you have more than one programmer they have to have an architecture that works together plus take time to communicate with each other — and then add to that the concept of a "critical path" i.e. that one programmer may not be able to start something until another programmer is done.
Although in my professional experience the idea of adding more programmers is always suggested by the client about a week before the project is due!!!
PS If you had to live through about ten of these clients you'd have the same religious feelings that I do for the Mythical Man Month.
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The problem with the 6 months 1 programmer vs 1 month 6 programmers is that the minute you have more than one programmer they have to have an architecture that works together plus take time to communicate with each other — and then add to that the concept of a "critical path" i.e. that one programmer may not be able to start something until another programmer is done.
Although in my professional experience the idea of adding more programmers is always suggested by the client about a week before the project is due!!!
PS If you had to live through about ten of these clients you'd have the same religious feelings that I do for the Mythical Man Month.