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Fifth, when schedule slippage is recognized, the natural {and traditional} response is to add manpower. Like dousing a fire with gasoline, this makes matters worse, much worse. More fire requires more gasoline, and thus begins a regenerative cycle which ends in disaster.

( Frederick P. Brooks Jr. )
[ The Mythical Man-Month: Essays ]
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