Thursday

Thursday morning, Sam strode to Marty’s office, plan in hand.

“Marty, I’ve spent the last two days working with my team to replan this release. We focused on the most important features based on the list you gave us. We’ve organized it and reorganized it and arrived at an achievable plan. These are the features we’re going to work on.” Sam handed Marty the list. Sam waited a minute while Marty scanned the list. “Not all the features originally planned for this release are on the list, but the most important ones for BigCompany are.”

Marty examined the list. “Is this the best you can do?”

“Yes. We’ve spent the last two days figuring out how to get this much done. If you see a better way, let me know.”

“Couldn’t you just add these ...

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