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minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI’ve had PM’s complain that our estimates don’t fit into their plan. I just walked away.
minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoIf 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!
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThey fully subscribed to the mythical man month. So they just threw bodies at it and then couldn’t understand why the project got slower.
minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI 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.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoPoorly worded on my part. They fully bought into the idea of the man-month without realising it was mythical.
minus-squareMechanicalJester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoYou 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 Cheers
I’ve had PM’s complain that our estimates don’t fit into their plan.
I just walked away.
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!
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.
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.
Poorly worded on my part.
They fully bought into the idea of the man-month without realising it was mythical.
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
Cheers