Mongolian Hordes Technique N. [poss. From The Sixties Counterculture Expression `Mongolian Clusterfuck' For A Public Orgy] Development By Gang Bang.

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Mongolian Hordes technique n.

[poss. from the Sixties
counterculture expression `Mongolian clusterfuck' for a public
orgy] Development by gang bang. Implies that large numbers of
inexperienced programmers are being put on a job better performed
by a few skilled ones (but see bazaar). Also called
`Chinese Army technique'; see also Brooks's Law.

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