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-> didn't say that!). I've used GANTTs effectively to show people *why* they
-> can't add half a dozen new requirements and have us still meet deadline - I
-> used it as a tool to prove to an overly optimistic boss that there was no
I think that's why he doesn't like them -- if a deadline is affected by
adding new features that increase the value of the product, and the team
is convinced the changes are worthwhile, we revise the deadline as well
as the product, and we get everyone behind the decision to do that. If
the rules and regulations took precedence over the creative element,
this company would still be 2 guys with day jobs, mailing diskettes from
the dining room table.
