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At the next grooming/pointing/sprint-planning meeting you have, put down 2-4 hours to "investigate the issue" where the acceptance criteria is "a breakdown of h
by joeframbach 11y ago
At the next grooming/pointing/sprint-planning meeting you have, put down 2-4 hours to "investigate the issue" where the acceptance criteria is "a breakdown of how long it takes to get this done". This tells the manager that:
1. you are taking it seriously and not just looking for excuses.
2. if it is going to take 6 weeks to fix, then spending 2-4 hours upfront to investigate is well worth it.
3. they can trust your 6-week analysis at face value without digging into the details if they see that you spent 2-4 hours working on that analysis.
- calcsam 11y agoEven better, don't give an answer right away, but say that you need 2-4 hours to investigate to be able to give an estimate, because that part of the codebase is really knotty. That prepares a manager for bad news.
- partycoder 11y agoYou cannot argue with a person addicted to short-term rewards. If your manager thinks like a pigeon (see: hyperbolic discounting), it's time to look for another team or another job.