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Re:Suppose I wanted to kill a lot of pilots by Kalium on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:23PM (#27723208)
> So why not explicitly ask them to? "So now we have our estimate, what would cause us to miss it?"

I didn't used to take this seriously. Then one project I was on was delayed by several weeks when members of the team got jury duty, got injured, and had other medical emergencies in a rather short period.

We still got it done, but I got a lesson that month in planning.

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Re:Suppose I wanted to kill a lot of pilots by ARandomerDude on Saturday July 03, 2021 @03:25PM (#27724075)
> I got a lesson that month in planning

What a great perspective. Many would turn to self-pity, you've turned to learning.

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