Spokes Wrote:But in some cases throwing more people at it will get it done faster. I understand that some things take time, but some things don't have to work at a snail's pace.
You don't want to optimize just for speed. The number of people working on a project isn't a really flexible thing. If one week you can use 10 people, the next week you can use 20, and the week after its back to 10 - its probably not realistic to ramp up your staffing for that one week.
Especially when you consider that people need to get up to speed on work, they need to be managed, have HR concerns looked after, etc. etc.