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Re:Embrace slow productivity by NewEntryHN on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:18PM (#29898959)
> Several bosses have explicitly told me they intentionally set an unrealistically aggressive delivery date because of the phenomenon of people taking as much as time as they're given.

That's because even the "non-aggressive, realistic delivery dates" are actually an under-estimation of the amount of work. Practically all deadlines are too soon, and how much you allow to stress out employees parametrizes how much too soon.

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Re:Embrace slow productivity by daniel-cussen on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:50PM (#29899506)
Hmm well certainly in education the deadlines are realistic. But it's because they've done the same task before.
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Re:Embrace slow productivity by quickthrower2 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:13PM (#29899790)
That's the key. In software if you want good estimates, get developers to build the same app again and again, throwing away the source code each time.
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