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Howard has a great post on Agile and Scrum.

Being honest about estimates – a developer has a much better idea how long it will take them to implement a feature than a Project Manager (even a technically savvy one). How many people have been involved in traditional project where The Project Plan has become anthropomorphized? Where The Developer tells The Project Manager that he hasn’t completed his designated task and The Project Manager looks panic stricken and says “But The Project Plan says you’d be finished today?!?!”.

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I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy. said:

I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
All around in my home town
they're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
for the killing of a deputy,
for the life of a deputy.
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self- defence.
I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
for what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
Freedom came my way one day
and I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
aiming to shoot me down
so I shot, I shot him down.
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
Reflexes got the better of me
and what is to be, must be.
Every day the bucket goes to well
but one day the bottom will drop out,
yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
# October 18, 2005 6:25 AM

Robert W. Anderson said:

Was that random spam or an astute insight into the project-management blame game?

Project managers too often fall into the trap of believing that if it is written in the plan everyone must have bought into it. Developers must also take some responsibility for this. Too many developers ignore the project plans feeling that they will get done what they can. Their experience may tell them that the plan won't be followed anyway; however, they need to pushback on unreasonable plans at every opportunity.
# October 18, 2005 9:29 AM

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