At work, we’ve had a project that has been on a deadline. However, a couple weeks out – we started to realize we weren’t going to make it. I hated to realize it and I hated to admit it to my boss. The project was just bigger than we thought it would be. We didn’t know that until it was too late because of poor planning up front – which was all on me.
My boss didn’t get all down on me or the team and we did get an extension – which was very nice. But now have to make sure we finish in the time allotted – no further extension – and that we do better next time.
The first thing, is to make sure the up front things happen. We have to do better defining everything we can. We are extremely busy and I am not a planner by nature – so this will take some work. I don’t really look forward to it. I just want to code!
But this is my job right now – so gotta do it, right?