And the kitchen sink too
Nobody likes the crunch of tight deadlines and working overtime to make up for lost productivity at some point in the project. It's stressful, annoying and bound to make the worst whiners out of the best troopers. It would appear that the preceding is one thing all programmers from all corners and platforms can agree on, right?
Well, there is one thing that's almost as bad -- having too much time in a project. Like say, finishing a couple days early. Too much time equals too much creativity. Too much creativity equals your mean, lean program is suddenly a code-bloated monstrosity sprouting features like growth on a ten-month old potato. Christ, give me a tight-deadline anytime over this.
Comments
You can have my current deadline. The closer we get to our submission date the more features wind up on my to-do list. I have more to get done in the next 4 days than I did in the last 4 weeks.
Posted by: Matt | October 7, 2004 06:45 PM
Are those new requirements to the project Matt? Scope creep is one of the worst things that can happen to a project. The Project Manager needs to speak up.
Posted by: pbw | October 8, 2004 08:03 AM