Looking for More Speed
At the next team meeting, I asked the developers whether they had any ideas about going faster. Dan answered first. "Well, if you got us those testers…."
"Sorry, not going to happen. I checked with Nancy, and I can't take them off their current project. Does anyone else have another idea?"
Fred cleared his throat. "We could start working overtime every day and a day on the weekend."
"Do you really want to?" I asked.
"No."
"Then let's not bring that up as an option. Overtime this far in advance is not a good idea. Sure, if it was the last week, maybe we could put that extra effort in. But now, we'll just make ourselves miserable. Any other ideas?"
Tim said, "I'm almost done with my last feature. Fred, do you want me to help you with the performance? Maybe we can work together on it."
Fred agreed.
"Is anyone else just about done with his work? Maybe more doubling up will help?" No one else was almost done. "OK, keep at those little tasks. Let me know if you run into trouble. I'll look for your status on Friday."
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