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  There is a perception that schedules are consistently wrong, and only get worse as time goes on, so why suffer for naught? Here's a simple, painless way to make schedules that are actually correct.

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  Simple advice on how to do esimates, schedule, and how to later control the schedule execution. Most probably "as is" it can only be used on smaller projects.
  
  Also, highlights a few cool features of MS Excel, which can be used for the proposed method, and for other tasks.

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  5) Pick very fine grained tasks. This is the most important part to making your schedule work. Your tasks should be measured in hours, not days. (When I see a schedule measured in days, or even weeks, I know it's not real). You might think that a schedule

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  I think this kind of motivation is brain-dead. When I'm behind schedule, I feel doomed and depressed and unmotivated. When I'm working ahead of schedule, I'm cheerful and productive.

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  So, you have to make a schedule. This is something almost no programmer wants to do. In my experience, the vast majority just try to get away with not making a schedule at all. Of the few that make a schedule, most are only doing it because their boss mad

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  There is a perception that schedules are consistently wrong, and only get worse as time goes on, so why suffer for naught? Here's a simple, painless way to make schedules that are actually correct.

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  So, you have to make a schedule. This is something almost no programmer wants to do. In my experience, the vast majority just try to get away with not making a schedule at all.

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  Painless Software Schedules By Joel Spolsky Wednesday, March 29, 2000 Last October, the Northeast US was plastered with ads for something called Acela, a new express train running from Boston to Washington. With TV ads, billboards, and posters everywhere,

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  • So, you have to make a schedule. This is something almost no programmer wants to do. In my experience, the vast majority just try to get away with not making a schedule at all. Of the few that make a schedule, most are only doing it because their boss made them do it, halfheartedly, and nobody actually believes the schedule except for upper management, which simultaneously believes that "no software project is ever on time" and in the existence of UFOs.

     

    So why doesn't anybody make a schedule? Two key reasons. One, it's a real pain. Two, nobody believes that it's worth anything. Why go to all the trouble working on a schedule if it's not going to be right? There is a perception that schedules are consistently wrong, and only get worse as time goes on, so why suffer for naught?
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  Advocates using Excel as a project estimating tool. Probably the most detailed analysis of what to use anywhere...

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  • Here's a simple, painless way to make schedules that are actually correct.  1) Use Microsoft Excel. Don't use anything fancy like Microsoft Project.
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  Madeline Brownstone on 2006-08-21
  Article about the pains of scheduling (advertisement in disguise)
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  Jerry McRae on 2006-10-09
  ideas for simple easy to use project scheduling

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