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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 20:13:59 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Management: Why is this software project behind the schedule? It is late, and we are not happy about it.

   PM: Hope is not a project management strategy.

   Management: Excuse me?

   Developer: He meant the original deadline was based on hope, not logic.

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     Erklaerbaer (erklaerbaer@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 20:14:32 JST Erklaerbaer

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     @nixCraft I like even better, and had this experience several times:
     Here is your new project, here is the scope.
     Here are the resources.
     Here is the deadline, make it happen.

     Me: Then the only thing I can actually influence is quality. Is it ok if we avoid testing.

     Management: Ähhhhhhh