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Speed, quality, scope. Why managers dont understand that they can pick only two and expect all three?

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  • 10
    if they were capable of understanding anything, they wouldn't be managers, but something useful.
  • 5
    They do pick two and expect all three.
  • 6
    Because in their mind, “just work harder” is a valid fourth option.
  • 3
    “A policy of “Quality—If Time Permits” will assure that no quality at all sneaks into the product. Hewlett-Packard”

    ― Tom DeMarco, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

    https://goodreads.com/quotes/...

    I the end, quality is what suffers usually.
  • 3
    Because they often get enough of all 3 and believe that if you're stressed you'll output more
  • 1
    @BordedDev thats what Im thinking as well. This chaos is planned
  • 1
    If you imagine this as a triangle you could pick the center :)
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