PMServicesNW » project estimates http://www.pmservicesnw.com Free project management information and downloads Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:20:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 It Always Takes Longer Than You Expect http://www.pmservicesnw.com/2009/12/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect/ http://www.pmservicesnw.com/2009/12/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:21 +0000 admin http://www.pmservicesnw.com/?p=2127
By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Douglas Hofstadter’s law of programming simply states that, “It always takes longer than you think, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s law.”  While Hofstadter was writing about programming when he introduced his adage, it may also apply to the estimates we do as project managers. If your experience has been anything [...]]]> http://www.pmservicesnw.com/2009/12/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect/feed/ 0