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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've had PM's complain that our estimates don't fit into their plan.

I just walked away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If the timing is critical then the only reasonable solution is to cut scope and features until it fits.

The triangle isn't a rubbery floppy thing, it is iron!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They fully subscribed to the mythical man month. So they just threw bodies at it and then couldn't understand why the project got slower.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand your statement. The Mythical Man Month teaches exactly that lesson of more bodies != Faster in many cases.

How long to build the site with 1 full stack dev? 1.5 years.

How long with an existing high performance team of 5? 2 months.

How long if you hire 4 plus the one original (all qualified)? 1 to 1.5 years.

How long if we hire 30 full stack devs? Maybe never.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Poorly worded on my part.

They fully bought into the idea of the man-month without realising it was mythical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You know? I literally figured that out a minute before I saw your reply. And I rolled my eyes at myself.

That makes sense. Silly me

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