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It's almost done (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 81 points 2 years ago

The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time.
The last 10% of the task takes the other 90% of the time.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Which is why you switch the project team after 90% so you can get to 99% completion in 50% of the time. Now that's thinking like a Project Manager.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

I try to remember to always under promise expectations. Even after all these years I keep forgetting that a simple change is never really that simple and has lots of overhead.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Scotty had it right. Always multiply your estimates by four.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That works until you are dictated a date you never agreed to. Going thru a little PTSD moment right now lol.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

It’s crazy that they got these images from my lunch today.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

I've been working on a single bug for nearly 3 weeks. I think my "I'm getting closer to understanding this" is starting to lose credibility with my team.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Just do what my colleagues do, ignore it completely.

Pros: Very time and resource efficient. Little documentation needed.

Cons: Doesn't solve the problem.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

I feel attacked.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

How can you be a complete stranger and still hurt me so personally?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

This truly hurts.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

As a pessimistic (i.e. often times realistic) dev, I can tell you, management does not want to hear that either...

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

“I should have a PR up today sometime”…repeats that phrase in the morning huddle 4 days in a row.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

What you said: "It's almost done"

What the PM heard: "It's done"

What the business tells its clients: "It's deployed and already servicing customers"

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Ffrom a dev perspective it's also often "Yep that would take three days if we worked on it". Two years later - no progress.

There's a difference between an estimate and a promise to deliver.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm ded. Although my big trick lately is just adding 3x to whatever I think, and it works pretty well

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Screenshot depicting my stand up exactly 3 days ago

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