𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢@lemmy.world to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 8 months agoWould this help illustrate the issue?i.pinimg.comimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageWould this help illustrate the issue?i.pinimg.com𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢@lemmy.world to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoI’ve heard the joke around 9 women making a baby in a month by PM standards
minus-squarePhobosAnomaly@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWasn’t that in the Mythical Man Month itself?
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYes, but only some PMs will get what that means. Metaphors are easier to explain than “go read this book”
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoGive the PM a bottle of grape juice. Say it’s wine on a rushed schedule.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoGive them a gallon of grape juice and tell them it’s a glass of sprint wine.
minus-squareiocase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago“the surest way to guarantee a late software project is even more late, is by adding programmers”
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSign a 5-year contract for one baby a month, outsource the first 8 deliverables at a loss while using the time to ramp up production staggered such that it produces a baby on a monthly basis. /s
I’ve heard the joke around 9 women making a baby in a month by PM standards
Wasn’t that in the Mythical Man Month itself?
Yes, but only some PMs will get what that means. Metaphors are easier to explain than “go read this book”
Give the PM a bottle of grape juice. Say it’s wine on a rushed schedule.
Give them a gallon of grape juice and tell them it’s a glass of sprint wine.
“the surest way to guarantee a late software project is even more late, is by adding programmers”
Sign a 5-year contract for one baby a month, outsource the first 8 deliverables at a loss while using the time to ramp up production staggered such that it produces a baby on a monthly basis. /s