On: Fred Brooks retires

[agumonkey]

The sad part is how many managers aren't aware of this.

[mooreds → agumonkey]

The good ones are. The ones that want a project to succeed will learn.

[cema → agumonkey]

Or, more likely, they simply don't care.

[agumonkey → cema]

In a way yes, but they do care about time to completion, even a lazy, cheat-first manager would love to have that. Then, all things considered it seems easier to implement a 'put more resources, fake some numbers, notify client of delays (just like every other projects so they won't rant that much)'