The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time.
The last 10% of the task takes the other 90% of the time.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.
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
It’s crazy that they got these images from my lunch today.
I feel attacked.
This truly hurts.
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”
“I should have a PR up today sometime”…repeats that phrase in the morning huddle 4 days in a row.
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.
