I try to remember to always under promise expectations. Even after all these years I keep forgetting that a simple change is never really that simple and has lots of overhead.
I've been working on a single bug for nearly 3 weeks. I think my "I'm getting closer to understanding this" is starting to lose credibility with my team.
18 Comments
Mountaineer@lemmy.world · 81 pts · 3y
The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time.
The last 10% of the task takes the other 90% of the time.
Cabrio@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
Which is why you switch the project team after 90% so you can get to 99% completion in 50% of the time. Now that's thinking like a Project Manager.
ebc@lemmy.ca · 57 pts · 3y
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
Vlhacs@reddthat.com · 29 pts · 3y
I try to remember to always under promise expectations. Even after all these years I keep forgetting that a simple change is never really that simple and has lots of overhead.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Scotty had it right. Always multiply your estimates by four.
NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
That works until you are dictated a date you never agreed to. Going thru a little PTSD moment right now lol.
Noetic97@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 3y
It’s crazy that they got these images from my lunch today.
zib@kbin.social · 23 pts · 3y
I've been working on a single bug for nearly 3 weeks. I think my "I'm getting closer to understanding this" is starting to lose credibility with my team.
MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 3y
Just do what my colleagues do, ignore it completely.
Pros: Very time and resource efficient. Little documentation needed.
Cons: Doesn't solve the problem.
normalmighty@programming.dev · 20 pts · 3y
I feel attacked.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 3y
How can you be a complete stranger and still hurt me so personally?
WorldieBoi@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y
This truly hurts.
Knusper@feddit.de · 12 pts · 3y
As a pessimistic (i.e. often times realistic) dev, I can tell you, management does not want to hear that either...
Fingerthief@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
“I should have a PR up today sometime”…repeats that phrase in the morning huddle 4 days in a row.
computertoucher5000@programming.dev · 9 pts · 3y
What you said: "It's almost done"
What the PM heard: "It's done"
What the business tells its clients: "It's deployed and already servicing customers"
Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 3y
Ffrom a dev perspective it's also often "Yep that would take three days if we worked on it". Two years later - no progress.
There's a difference between an estimate and a promise to deliver.
Pencilnoob@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y
I'm ded. Although my big trick lately is just adding 3x to whatever I think, and it works pretty well
Mr_Jabroni@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Screenshot depicting my stand up exactly 3 days ago