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Re:Software development requires servant leaders by magicalhippo on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:09AM (#17765713)
> Maybe try digging a tunnel through a mountain, where the kind of rocks and caveats you find on the way can make you overrun your estimates?

Usually the client doesn't call halfway through the project and tells you that the tunnel you're digging really needs to start 10 miles further up the valley...

Re:Software development requires servant leaders by legulere on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:35PM (#17767371)
Stuff like that happens also in construction. For instance the BER airport: Midway through the project they decided to build two instead of one floor.