Re: How to unintentionally lie to your client and look like a chump when it's all over

Aiiii!

Closely related to the Scotty principle; tell them 3 times longer than it's going to take, then finish it early and say "yeah, things slipped into place a little sooner than expected". Trick to making this work: ensure that you end up charging less, too.

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Re: Re: How to unintentionally lie to your client and look like a chump when it's all over by petdance (Parson) on Jun 14, 2001 at 22:32 UTC
The problem with the Scotty method is that your project might well take 6 times longer than you think it's going to take. Also, Scotty had reasonable requirements. "Give me warp speed in 3 minutes or we're all dead" is a clear requirement. xoxo, Andy %_=split/;/,".;;n;u;e;ot;t;her;c; ". # Andy Lester 'Perl ;@; a;a;j;m;er;y;t;p;n;d;s;o;'. # http://petdance.com "hack";print map delete$_{$_},split//,q< andy@petdance.com >	[reply]

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Re: Re: How to unintentionally lie to your client and look like a chump when it's all over
by petdance (Parson) on Jun 14, 2001 at 22:32 UTC

Also, Scotty had reasonable requirements. "Give me warp speed in 3 minutes or we're all dead" is a clear requirement.

xoxo,
Andy

%_=split/;/,".;;n;u;e;ot;t;her;c; ".   #   Andy Lester
'Perl ;@; a;a;j;m;er;y;t;p;n;d;s;o;'.  #   http://petdance.com
"hack";print map delete$_{$_},split//,q<   andy@petdance.com   >

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