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> Several bosses have explicitly told me they intentionally set an unrealistically aggressive delivery date because of the phenomenon of people taking as much a
by NewEntryHN 5y ago
> Several bosses have explicitly told me they intentionally set an unrealistically aggressive delivery date because of the phenomenon of people taking as much as time as they're given.
That's because even the "non-aggressive, realistic delivery dates" are actually an under-estimation of the amount of work. Practically all deadlines are too soon, and how much you allow to stress out employees parametrizes how much too soon.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoHmm well certainly in education the deadlines are realistic. But it's because they've done the same task before.
- quickthrower2 5y agoThat's the key. In software if you want good estimates, get developers to build the same app again and again, throwing away the source code each time.