Posted on September - 25 - 2011
Top 5 Most Cruel and Unusual Questions Plugged into a Software Estimation Program
There are two types of Project Managers out there, those who get estimation software, and those who think it’s a magical box which turns hard working developers into robots. Here’s a list of the most cruel and unusual questions posed by the latter.
5. Two hours of sleep is plenty, right?
4. How much will productivity increase if we institute a “2 Devs Enter, 1 Dev Leaves” policy?
3. How much does the cost for desk shackles affect our bottom line?
2. Yes, but what if we had a thousand monkeys?
1. Great, now how do we finish the project with half the people in half the time for twice the money?
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