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If 50% takes longer than another 50%, the metric by which estimation is performed is, at least regarding time, flawed. If a subcontractor were to report, "hey
by ISL 6y ago
If 50% takes longer than another 50%, the metric by which estimation is performed is, at least regarding time, flawed.
If a subcontractor were to report, "hey boss, we've gotten 8/10 items done this week, but the remaining two are going to take two weeks because $REASONS. The estimates appear to be flawed, perhaps because $X and $Y.", I suspect the entire project's management would benefit.
- discreteevent 6y agoI suspect the opposite. The managers will start to panic and then micromanage everything, have crisis meetings etc. This will slow it down even further. The only real solution to this problem is better long term estimates! The thing is that all estimates are partly BS because we haven't figured out how to predict the future yet. So the solution above is that the supervisor got a BS estimate and they are pushing back with BS progress. There probably is no other way.
- ISL 6y agoGood managers will take the opportunity to learn more. Either there is a way to aid those who made the estimates, a way to help the people doing the work to get the job done, a need to relax the schedule, or some combination of them. The goal is to get the work done on time and with the resources at hand. Micromanagement is often a hindrance to the goal, so good managers avoid it.
- JimTheMan 6y agoGood construction managers often go from project to project with no tie to a particular company. Same with most of the craft. They're interested in surviving this project. There seems to be fuck all continuity out there.