Debunking Myths on Project Scheduling

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An excerpt from Joel On Software's "Painless Software Schedules"

"So, you have to make a schedule. This is something almost no programmer wants to do. In my experience, the vast majority just try to get away with not making a schedule at all. Of the few that make a schedule, most are only doing it because their boss made them do it, halfheartedly, and nobody actually believes the schedule except for upper management, which simultaneously believes that "no software project is ever on time" and in the existence of UFOs."

And, what did I learn...? Schedules can actually be written and followed!  It's better to use Excel than Project, and to let programmers estimate in hours (instead of days)... actually, there's more... read it here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000245.html

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