> turn a 30 minute task into a 3 hour task Not a bad thing at all. If he is an engineer, it is due diligence, which is in fact his job. > a 1 week task can tu

> turn a 30 minute task into a 3 hour task Not a bad thing at all. If he is an engineer, it is due diligence, which is in fact his job. > a 1 week task can turn into a 3 month task This is more of a management problem than a personal issue. If you are letting him drag out a 1-week task over 3 months then either he has way too much leeway in delivery scheduling, or it wasn't worth his time in the first place and it should never have been assigned to him. Also, who is estimating these tasks?