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Why Bosses Cut Your Estimates<br />

• Establish urgency, counter<br />

perception that engineers “cry<br />

wolf” and never finish<br />

• Create “motivation”<br />

• Halving your double<br />

• Challenge Parkinson’s Law—<br />

Work expands to fill the<br />

available time<br />

• Perceives you don’t have any<br />

real idea, so boss’ guess is<br />

just as good<br />

Would you argue with an<br />

airline about how long a<br />

flight takes? Why not?<br />

©2008 GO PRO MANAGEMENT, INC.<br />

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<strong>How</strong> <strong>Managers</strong> <strong>Get</strong> <strong>So</strong> <strong>Stupid</strong>

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