from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Mongolian Hordes technique
Chinese Army technique
<programming, jargon> (Or "Chinese Army technique") Assigning
a large number of inexperienced programmers to a job which
would better performed by a few skilled ones. The term was
first used by Dr. Fred Brooks in his book "{The Mythical
Man-Month}", Chapter 3.
According to Dr. Brooks, he had in mind the vision of the
Mongol Hordes sweeping across Asia and Europe when he created
the term.
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(1996-06-20)