alt Hacker NewsSome coding doesn't fit your schedule. If you've scheduled 2 weeks, but it takes 3, then it takes 3. Scheduling it to take 2 does nothing to actually make the coding faster.
Some coding doesn't fit your schedule. If you've scheduled 2 weeks, but it takes 3, then it takes 3. Scheduling it to take 2 does nothing to actually make the coding faster.
3 sounds fine.
Then I ask: why not add a week to how long that thing will take, meaning it stretches two sprints (or whatever you call it).
Add upfront. Then if you get to hard convo where someone says “do it sooner” you say “not possible.”