On ridiculous project dates
A Dilbert cartoon should go right here!
Because it is copyrighted I link to it: Dilbert on Project Management.
Project dates need to be honest and they should be set from the bottom up not the top down. I received a project date of 7/1 today for something that I know will be approx 80% completed by 12/15. Asked if I could commit to a 7/1 date (that I was set by people way above me that don't have a clue what needs to be done to complete it), I said "no way".
Amen. I vividly remember a summer internship where every time I walked into my boss's office, I'd see some scheduling software up there....and I never really interacted with him much. Nice guy, but he had no clue what I was doing.....and hence no clue how to schedule it.
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