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sounds like the manager really needed that estimate (!) that part of the story was really a microcosm of the gap that exists between individual contributor vs
by hunglee2 4y ago
sounds like the manager really needed that estimate (!)
that part of the story was really a microcosm of the gap that exists between individual contributor vs manager; the former 'does the work' whilst the latter needs to report the progress of that work 'upstairs', an archaic yet persistent organisation of labour
- mugsie 4y agoSounds like the manager was in over their head. Engineering team will always have items that are very hard to estimate without doing background work. A good manager would have said "what do we need to do to figure out times?" and then "Can we timebox that research to a sprint / two sprints / etc?" are reported the horizon one timescale up.
- hunglee2 4y agooh yeah sure, the guy was out of his depth, scrambling for numbers to support the story he was telling upstairs
- mib32 4y ago"When the X will be done?" "Tell me when it's needed to be done!"