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Having no deadlines means you need good prioritization ("what's important next?") and motivation (to do that instead of procrastrinating working on a cool but n
by senko 15y ago
Having no deadlines means you need good prioritization ("what's important next?") and motivation (to do that instead of procrastrinating working on a cool but not very important feature instead). It can be too much freedom (see Duke Nukem Forever).
Sure, ideally it'd be better to fix the causes, but that's hard to do, and deadlines are easy to set (although not as easy to match :).
And, there are situations why you want something to be ready by some external event (eg. to show on a conference, or for contractors, the client actualy expects it to be done, etc).
- balsamiq 15y agoThanks Senko, I agree that good prioritization and frequent small releases do help a lot. As for procrastination, I think that's fixed by recruiting people who are the right fit and would do the job even if they weren't paid to do it. :) Hard to do, and some procrastination happens to everyone, it's natural. :) Re: external events, that's a good point. And if you're working for clients, that's a whole different game. :)