Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems (2015)

Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by markbnj on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:16AM (#20614838)

> And secondly, they will forget how much time it took, but not how well it was made.

Absolutely. Not saying speed is never an important metric, but virtually all complicated engineering and construction projects are difficult to schedule and exceed their time budgets. If the end result is worth it those birthing pains are quickly forgotten. But a poor output will never be forgotten.

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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by tejtm on Monday August 05, 2019 @12:11PM (#20615254)

Things do not exceed their time budgets, they take as long as they take. Time budgets are incorrectly predicted to be shorter so that, in advance, they appeal to profit oriented motivations.

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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by markbnj on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:20PM (#20617670)

> they take as long as they take

Sure, agreed, which is not to say that time budgets don't exist, and aren't exceeded :).

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