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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Markos
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 3:53 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Estimate vs Due Date Was: Re: Important Stuff They
> Don't Teach
> In Tech Writing School Was Re: School vs experience...
>
> ...More importantly, true Project Management is based
> upon moving away from top-down dictated due dates
> (one-way communication) and moving towards estimates
> (open and honest two-way communications)...
Whoever said that due dates have to be "top-down dictated"? The interested
parties ought to be able to sit down together in a room and agree on due
dates that everyone can live with. In some cases, an estimate is not good
enough.
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