You are a systems analyst at Just-in-Time Software, a company that specializes in short delivery cycles for its products. The current project is running behind schedule, and the project manager wants to bring a few extra programmers onboard to help with the work.

You are familiar with Brook's Law. How can you best explain to the project manager that adding more people to the project at this late stage may make things worse? You don't want to be seen as a negative team player, but you're convinced that if you don't speak up, the project's schedule will slip even more.