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I think it was a major case of student syndrome. With no date set to deliver, they had no incentive to finish. If you hire me to paint your house, I'll say "su
by electromagnetic 17y ago
I think it was a major case of student syndrome. With no date set to deliver, they had no incentive to finish.
If you hire me to paint your house, I'll say "sure, happy to help." If you hire me to paint your house by Friday, I'll say "where's the paint can?"
- dschobel 17y agosee also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law
- est 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1003060 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1003060
- randallsquared 17y agoBut we also hear "Ship it when it's ready." These conflicting messages are so confusing... ;)
- colinplamondon 17y agoYou have to have to pre-define 'ready' with your team to be able to know when to ship.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoTime or scope. Pick one.
- msg 17y agoRands in Repose: Incrementalists & Completionists http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2003/08/05/incrementalists_completionists.html http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2003/08/05/incremental...
- tetha 17y agoSoftware never is "ready". Software might just be "ready enough", whereas "ready enough" depends on audience and domain, I think. For example, an in-house alpha test version for a game might be "ready enough" if the software can display a ball the user can control, while a mars rover control system is "ready enough" for actual mars deployment after years and years of testing.