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Kirill's avatar

> Be clear about how it should be prioritized: “I expect this to take about 2 weeks and not cause major deprioritization of other efforts. If that timeline doesn’t seem accurate after diving in, or if you end up having to prioritize against other things, reach out to me ASAP.”

This is kind of yes and no. Every person is working on a single piece of work at any given point of time. Given no interruptions (long build times, deploy pipelines, unexpected wait on other teams) this "this" will not be completed in 2 (or 22) weeks without reprioritization.

This is one of the major sources of IC <-> management frustration: management somehow thinks that they can squeeze just a little bit of work, without paying the expense of replanning work. No, it doesn't work that way.

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Lynn Grillo's avatar

Truly spot on. I've been on both sides of this messiness. Great article, concise and accurate.

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