Chris PittsMar 8
Half baked thought alert: what if using AI is another example of Brooks’ Law? It would certainly explain its ineffectiveness compared to the human focussed approaches of, say, fixing the flow of value. 🤔
Show threadJeff GriggMar 8

@thirstybear

"Adding AI to a late project makes it later."

or

"Adding AI to fix productivity problems causes more productivity problems."

Show threadChris PittsMar 8
@JeffGrigg Yes. There is definitely something like that in there. Little’s Law certainly figures too - speeding up the wrong constraint messes up queues
Show threadJeff GriggMar 8

@thirstybear

Little's Law, for convenience:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law

Little's law - Wikipedia

Show threadChris PittsMar 9

@JeffGrigg I quite like the Riverglide explanation. Not least because @antonymarcano is better at sketching than I am 🙂

https://ideas.riverglide.com/littles-law-on-the-ready-for-testing-queue-f2f620b5397f

Little’s Law: on ready-for… queues

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Show threadAntony Marcano
@thirstybear @JeffGrigg I've been using a different illustration these days. In video form, at least:
https://youtu.be/dQ1apxgvOa0
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Show threadChris PittsMar 10
@antonymarcano @JeffGrigg Nice clear analogy. 👍