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minus-squarecyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·6 days agoYears are made of months … Good read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·edit-26 days ago Years are made of months … Good read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month More than just a good read, that’s one of the project/programming Ten Commandments. Can’t tell you how many times over the decades I’ve had to argue with project managers about that. This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·6 days agoThe best way I’ve heard it said was “if a woman can make a baby in nine months, then nine women should be able to make a baby in one month, right?”
minus-squareFlipper@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoAlso a good pen is the report, we need three months for this, only to be told each week something else is more important. After the three month the question came is it finished now. And so 2 Years turned to 6.
Years are made of months … Good read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
More than just a good read, that’s one of the project/programming Ten Commandments.
Can’t tell you how many times over the decades I’ve had to argue with project managers about that.
This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The best way I’ve heard it said was “if a woman can make a baby in nine months, then nine women should be able to make a baby in one month, right?”
That’s in the book :)
Also a good pen is the report, we need three months for this, only to be told each week something else is more important. After the three month the question came is it finished now.
And so 2 Years turned to 6.