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Shipping an 80% solution is ok... it leaves a bad taste, but its "ok". The problem becomes more-so when the next 80% solution is shipped on top of the previous
by shagie 4y ago
Shipping an 80% solution is ok... it leaves a bad taste, but its "ok".
The problem becomes more-so when the next 80% solution is shipped on top of the previous 80% solution. And that just gets demoralizing after a time when one looks at the stack of 80% solutions on top of 80% solutions that needs to get fixed up (but "we don't have time to do that").
- morelisp 4y agoOne thing I tell our developers (and POs) is that we can only tolerate 80% solutions so long as they also produce 120% solutions (or give us additional time/scope for them) at approximately the same rate.
- hinkley 4y agoI don't think it has to be even, but there is certainly a ratio. Sometimes you have to let developers overengineer something or work on something a little too much so they don't go insane and take you with them. Or quit and go somewhere else. Few things affect consistent delivery as much as bad employee retention and burnout.