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If I say we can’t be ready for a deadline 4 weeks from now, WHY the &$^% would you ask if we can be ready if you push the deadline up by 2 weeks?
If I can’t do it in 4 weeks, HOW the Hell could I do it in 2? —Calm the %#^$ Down and Listen Already!!!
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2012.
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Gotta love it when people who have no clue try to tell you how long it will take to do something. Fuck I hate working on projects with unrealistic deadlines because the sponsor thought they knew more than the PM, BA, SMEs and the rest of the project team. I mean … that’s why these people are working on this shit you dumb asses. Granted, there are times when deadlines have to be met because of circumstances beyond control, but newsflash project sponsors of the world … that will sometimes mean you’re not gonna get what you want.
OB, sounds like overtime. Start raking in those hours.
OF course it can be done in 2 weeks.
Just tell him you need another 10 people,( I picked 10, because generally we work in teams of 5 guy’s) you’re going to work 2 teams in 12 hour shifts, the over time projected costs will at least tripple the original cost assessment but it will be ready in 2 weeks.
I promise you as I’ve seen in my industry, they will usually run away , wimpering…or you’ll get the resources you need ( in my line of work, quite often, they say do it) Which means more guy’s attacking the pile which makes it more fun & the larger pay checks really improves everyones mood ~;)
More, I agree with you fully and completely … and hopefully that’s an option for OB. I’ve had projects where throwing more money at them (to acquire additional resources, human or otherwise) isn’t something that would accelerate completion. But, I do agree that the shot of adrenaline that comes with that kind of a challenge can be intense … and not necessarily in a bad way.
“OF course it can be done in 2 weeks.
Just tell him you need another 10 people”
Lolz
Op, STFU and get back your whining ass back to work.
You probably work at a place that has never missed a deadline, which means you are a fucking idiot incapable of estimating the correct amount of hours needed to complete a project.
The boss is compressing the deadline because a lot of people work better under pressure. If he/she doesn’t like the progress thus far, the strategy is to move the deadline ahead and let those working on it ramp up their efforts and meet the original deadline even if they don’t meet the new one.