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Episode 231: 218 FS Don't Agree to Project Deadlines
1:06 - Jonathan suggested topic: Why are deadlines bad?
7:30 Deadlines are binary
11:28 Timelines
12:38 Weekly conversations
13:54 How to deal with a drop dead deadline
15:53 How do you agree to multiple features How much margin do you put on it?
17:05 Do you agree to what you think you can get done?
19:41 Why do you see developers agree to deadlines
22:06 Negotiating
24:40 Say no to clients who won’t agree to a deadline
27:27 Don’t take the risk
27:40 Solutions
31:13 Do you say no to a client who is insistent on a deadline?
35:24 Projects that drag on
38:00 Uncertain end date
43:47 An easy trap to fall into
44:27 Learn your lines
47:30 Explain the downside to a deadline
Picks
- Taking time off (Philip)
- How To Handle Deadlines Without Agree To Them (Jonathan)
- Wood Badge (Chuck)
- The Boy Scouts Of America (Chuck)
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