“Why are we only learning about this now? How long has this requirement been known? I think we need to look into the process that work comes into the team otherwise, if we don’t learn, we are going to take the website down and cost the company thousands/millions. It’s worth working with the business to get a batter understanding of upcoming requirements so we know what’s going to be needed in a months time”. There is a reason retros exist. Oh, and you have to be good at teasing out real deadlines vs arbitrary deadlines made up with no justifiable reason.
“You ask me how long it’ll take, and it’s 3 days. You probably need to manage expectations on this. Maybe let them know the risks of x, y and z and why it will take this long”.
“Why are we only learning about this now? How long has this requirement been known? I think we need to look into the process that work comes into the team otherwise, if we don’t learn, we are going to take the website down and cost the company thousands/millions. It’s worth working with the business to get a batter understanding of upcoming requirements so we know what’s going to be needed in a months time”. There is a reason retros exist. Oh, and you have to be good at teasing out real deadlines vs arbitrary deadlines made up with no justifiable reason.
“You ask me how long it’ll take, and it’s 3 days. You probably need to manage expectations on this. Maybe let them know the risks of x, y and z and why it will take this long”.