[Boulder.pm] one piece of advice

[Chip Atkinson]

That's funny that you should write that.  I was just going to write nearly
the same thing.
The biggest problem that we at work in the IT department face is chronic
under-estimation of the time required to complete a task.  There are many
symptoms/causes, but the end result is nearly always disaster.
Specifically, what's been going on is that we think something will take "4
hours" to complete.  The problems are that it's only an estimate on how
long it takes to get the first iteration on the "core" part of the task.
The other iterations are ignored, as are the steps necessary to automate
and integrate the finished core into our system, including the billing
parts.

Chip

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Rob Nagler wrote:

> Walter Pienciak writes:
> > Looking back at your own last project, and feeling a little
> > sore where that $ISSUE bit you or the project unexpectedly
> > on the ass, what is the ONE piece of advice you'd give to someone,
> > to help them avoid that specific problem?
>
> Expect to underrestimate your initial iteration by A LOT.  The
> learning curve on any project is steep, and unless you've done exactly
> the same thing before, it's likely you've got a lot to learn.
>
> Rob
>
>
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