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The only truly urgent thing I've seen is a product being down / a critical bug in production.

• greenyoda 6y ago
  Anything that can cause your company to lose a lot of money can be truly urgent. For example, your biggest customer needs a new feature, and if they don't get it by the end of the quarter, they'll switch to your competitor. On the other hand, artificial deadlines that are invented by your company's management are usually not urgent.
  • freeone3000 6y ago
    How can a person working on features tell the difference between critical and non-critical features?
    • brianwawok 6y ago
      Go to lunch with the PM?
    • blaser-waffle 6y ago
      Ignore it and see how many calls you get
  • user5994461 6y ago
    A large company would never manage to switch to a competitor in one quarter. And they try any hard, it most likely means their getting a cashback under the table for the new contract, or other perk of the sort, the feature is just an excuse.