Swingin' Shillelaghs
Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly said that history is a fable agreed upon. Typical software development project plans are the same, only they're more malignant than that. They're fables everybody in charge seems to mistake for truth. You'd think the Gantt chart was the Ten Commandments, with the same consequences if you disobey.
I'll never forget making my first work plan. I looked at what my team had to do, saw how many people we had, guessed about wind direction, and came up with an approach I thought made sense. It called for everybody on the team, including me, to work ten hours a day for the next two months. The date and scope were non-negotiable, so long days were the only thing I thought could bring us home on time. It ...
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