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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·2 months agoNever tell them how long it’s really going to take. How else will you look like a miracle worker?
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·2 months agoAlways multiply your estimates by a factor of four. Then find the bottle of green stuff.
minus-squareBonsaiBoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoAre you nuts? Do you know how much a pizza party costs? You little ungrateful shits, we’re gonna buy even more yachts now
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoGee, aren’t yachts amazingly flammable for being watercraft, though?
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMaking it is one. Then there is paperwork, all the changes never mentioned and sitting in meetings. Now the time needed it’s times four. It’s legit.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoUnder promise and over deliver is still king. “I cannot guarantee something won’t go sideways. I need at least 3 weekends of overtime available to be certain before it’s released.” Deliver it 10 days later. Or 12, after relaxing for a day or two. Your timeframe stands. New project? Do it again. Give yourself ~100-150% extra room.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoStar Trek Engineers in a nutshell
Never tell them how long it’s really going to take. How else will you look like a miracle worker?
Always multiply your estimates by a factor of four.
Then find the bottle of green stuff.
Are you nuts? Do you know how much a pizza party costs? You little ungrateful shits, we’re gonna buy even more yachts now
Gee, aren’t yachts amazingly flammable for being watercraft, though?
Making it is one. Then there is paperwork, all the changes never mentioned and sitting in meetings. Now the time needed it’s times four. It’s legit.
Under promise and over deliver is still king.
“I cannot guarantee something won’t go sideways. I need at least 3 weekends of overtime available to be certain before it’s released.”
Deliver it 10 days later. Or 12, after relaxing for a day or two.
Your timeframe stands. New project? Do it again. Give yourself ~100-150% extra room.
Star Trek Engineers in a nutshell