通俗的讲，布鲁克斯定律昭示了：项目的复杂度和通讯成本会以开发人数为基础，呈现平方指数的增长态势，而绩效则仅能直线上升。
More generally, Brooks's Law predicts that the complexity and communication costs of a project rise with the square of the number of developers, while work done only rises linearly.
杰拉尔德·温伯格在其经典著作《程序开发心理学》中对布鲁克斯定律作出了颇具后见之名的重要修正。
Gerald Weinberg's classic The Psychology of Computer Programming supplied what, in hindsight, we can see as a vital correction to Brooks.
布鲁克斯定律早已被广泛认可。
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