Gon> (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. [JarGon File] (1996-06-20)