Statistically regular growth

• “Measures of [growth] are cyclically self-regulating with statistically determinable trends and invariances.”

  • (You can run but you can’t hide)
    • There’s a feedback loop
  • Based on data from OS/360 and some other systems
  • Ex: Content in releases decreases, or time between releases increases

• Is this related to Brooks’ observation that adding people to a late project makes it later?

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