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		steveBK123 on June 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The work is never just “the work” (2022) And the unlucky projects are the ones so poorly planned that the uncertainty actually grows over time as new issues are uncovered.

doctor_eval on June 3, 2023 [–]

Yes.

It’s like the old saying:

“Plans are nothing. Planning is everything”.

The work of estimating the effort for a project is worthwhile, even though the resulting estimate is worthless.

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