Devon, a project manager, is working on a software development project. He needs more coders to complete the project on time. As a result, he hires people and they are given on-the-job training by their coworkers. However, this significantly reduces the output of the team and leads to a delay in the project. The given scenario exemplifies:
A) integration management.
B) systems engineering.
C) the mythical man-month effect.
D) the boomerang effect.
E) the sleeper effect.

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The mythical man-month effect refers to the counterintuitive principle that adding more manpower to a late software project actually makes it later. This is because the new workers need to be trained and the increased team size adds to communication overhead, reducing the productivity of the existing team members, as illustrated in the scenario with Devon's project.

Devon, a Project Manager, Is Working on a Software Development