> Every deadline can be met if employees are "eager to > please" and will work unlimited overtime hours for free. No amount of pressure or willpower can get

> Every deadline can be met if employees are "eager to > please" and will work unlimited overtime hours for free. No amount of pressure or willpower can get software done if the team is badly aligned, working on the wrong problem or simply flailing. The message I take from the parent post is not about estimation theory, it's that the project manager created a delivery culture across a large team.