[rightbyte]

> I appreciated their honesty when they replied that, for a typical 1000-hour project, 250 would be devoted to the estimation.

I did not expect that plot twist to your story. Sounds about reasonable. Proper project management takes alot of time and need to engage the actual implementors.

[pif]

> Proper project management takes alot of time

Typical proper management is based on estimations given in front of the coffee machine.

Exceptional projects have the coffee machine substituted with a wine bar.

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Never have I gotten more honest feedback from a manager than after a split bowl of punch and three espresso martinis