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by andrei_says_
1210 days ago
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I believe this has to do with managers being required to constantly estimate cost, time, and ROI with precision, minimizing risk. I like Basecamp’s shape up methodology: make bets of efforts that are worth 6 weeks of the team’s time, commit to the best one, timebox it. If it takes longer than 6 weeks, throw it away. This way the risk is limited to six weeks. Few managers would be willing to stake 6 weeks of a team’s time though. |
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Well, they think they're minimizing risk, but at best they're just minimizing uncertainty, and the result is predictably low productivity.