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Re: LEGO Fans in Germany set NEW Star Destroyer World Record
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:46:19 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Derek Schin wrote:
> HOWEVER, at BricksWest we only used 8 people. Now I'm not a mathematical
> genius, but I think 104 minutes with 8 people might be better than 77 minutes
> with 10...but maybe not.
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> Which is really better? Ich weiss nicht...
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> Also, we only had the use of one instruction book (the one from the box) which
> we had to tear up and distribute after opening the box! And yes, the time
> starts when the seals are broken.
Well, 10 is not necessarily better than 8. Perhaps it's like Brooks' Law, where
increasing the number of programmers on a software project doesn't decrease the
delivery time. The cost of communication negates the extra manpower, especially
if components are interconnected and have schedule dependencies.
There may be a way to streamline it with larger numbers, but people have to be
egoless. Ie, you might have four key builders who will literally "farm out" a
task. The secondary builders have to be cooperative enough to "just build gun
turrets" or "photocopy piece assemblies" for the entire time.
Calum
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