Map Legend
Team Members
Each node represents a person in the team.
Communication Channels
Required information pathways
Coordination Effort
Actual information flow between members
Brooks' Law Simulator
Visualize how communication complexity grows exponentially with team size
The Brooks' Law Principle
Formulated by Fred Brooks in his 1975 classic "The Mythical Man-Month", this principle highlights the counterintuitive effect of adding more people to a delayed software project—it often causes even greater delays.
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
Nine women can't have a baby in one month
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Communication Complexity
C(n) =
n (n − 1) 2
Where C(n) represents the number of unique communication channels for n team members, meaning that as the team grows, interactions increase rapidly.
Growth Type: Quadratic Complexity (O(n²)) — More team members lead to a sharp rise in communication links, making coordination increasingly complex.