Comments on: Everything takes 2 weeks http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/everything-takes-2-weeks/ When it just has to work. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Roy http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/everything-takes-2-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Roy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:37:08 +0000 http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/?p=558#comment-605 Bob, I haven't heard that parable, but I have a friend that used to use the analogy of having a baby. It goes like this; "It takes 1 woman 9 months to have 1 baby. But putting 9 women on the job does not get you 1 baby in 1 month." The obvious meaning is that having more people doing a task sometimes just means you have more people, not getting anything done faster or better. Roy Bob,

I haven’t heard that parable, but I have a friend that used to use the analogy of having a baby. It goes like this;

“It takes 1 woman 9 months to have 1 baby. But putting 9 women on the job does not get you 1 baby in 1 month.”

The obvious meaning is that having more people doing a task sometimes just means you have more people, not getting anything done faster or better.

Roy

]]> By: TeamPlayer http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/everything-takes-2-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-602 TeamPlayer Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:13:41 +0000 http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/?p=558#comment-602 smater -> smarter smater -> smarter

]]> By: Bob http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/everything-takes-2-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Bob Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:39:55 +0000 http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/?p=558#comment-599 There is a parable about a Sheik digging a well in the Oasis. He was told, that digging a well with 1 worker would take 3 weeks. His brilliant idea was to use 3 workers to dig the well in 1 week. That didnt work too well. Seems you cant squeeze 3 men into 1 man hole. Quite appropriate to the "2 Week" guesstimate. There is a parable about a Sheik digging a well in the Oasis.

He was told, that digging a well with 1 worker would take 3 weeks. His brilliant idea was to use 3 workers to dig the well in 1 week. That didnt work too well.
Seems you cant squeeze 3 men into 1 man hole.

Quite appropriate to the “2 Week” guesstimate.

]]> By: Maintenance Man http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/everything-takes-2-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Maintenance Man Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:33:26 +0000 http://www.theintegrationengineer.com/?p=558#comment-597 I got to use that two week estimate some time. They are always asking me to cost changes to our system. The strange thing is that these estimates hardly ever translate to actual time scheduled in for the job. I got to use that two week estimate some time. They are always asking me to cost changes to our system. The strange thing is that these estimates hardly ever translate to actual time scheduled in for the job.

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