When I started with TOWER Software four years ago, I was keen to get on with the job. You know, new project manager guy and all, trying to figure out what was what, and who was who. As part of this breaking-in process, I went around and asked each developer what they were working on, and how long they estimated that their current project would take. I'll admit that I had a secret agenda - it's important to find out who are the overly optimistic guys, and who are the more seasoned realists, because you're supposed to adjust your project schedules accordingly.. Anyway, I collected all this data and feed it into a secret Gantt chart I had somewhere. Most of the team were working on features that were being shipped in the next few months, and I got the broad range of overly positive responses, which is pretty common. I know I'm a terribly optimistic estimator. (Incidentally, if you're like me, my advice is to always multiply your estimate by the value of pi in order to ...
Thats funny,
ReplyDeleteI saw something similar in a paddock from a plane landing in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. I reckon it might have been bigger.
Hey I got some modicum of ribald hilarity from it.
Grae
I hope that the "certain student" wasnt me you were mentioning from high school, the only thing I ever wrote was " Leanne Baitup has hairy eyebrows" on the toilet door ( children are cruel).
ReplyDeleteI find your ramblings strangely interesting, may tune in again.
You have way tooooo much time.
Heidi ( from high school)