Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Von Braun warns that rushing complex development projects based on flawed theory leads to failure.
- In plain terms
- You cannot rush complex projects by just adding more people.
- What can you take from it?
- Complex tasks cannot be accelerated simply by increasing resources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do some projects fail when rushed?
- How should resources be allocated in complex work?
Another view
The analogy is biological and may not fully apply to all engineering contexts.
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