Staff Level (p. 260) Early overstaffing tends to force projects into short cutti

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Staff Level (p. 260) Early overstaffing tends to force projects into short cutting the key design activity (to give all those people something to do). When work is divided over a large staff prior to completion of design, the interfaces among people and among work groups are not minimized. This leads to increased interdependence, meeting time, rework, and frustration. Ideal staffing requires a small core team for most of the project, and then significant numbers of people added later in the process (as late as the last sixth of scheduled time). Awful suspicion: Projects that set out to achieve schedules probably take longer to complete than they would have if started with more reasonable schedules.

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Early overstaffing tends to force projects into short cutting the key design activity (to give all those people something to do). · When work is divided over a large staff prior to completion of design, the interfaces among people and among work groups are not minimized. significant numbers of people added later in the process (as late as the last sixth of scheduled time). · Ideal staffing requires a small core team for most of the project, and then significant numbers of people added later in the process Awful suspicion: Projects that set out to ‘achieve’ schedules probably take longer to complete than they would have if started with more reasonable schedule

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