Laws of Software Engineering · Pattern
Pattern
Parkinson's Law
Work expands to fill the time you give it.
How to use it. Tighten the definition of "done" before you tighten the deadline. Parkinson bites when "finished" is fuzzy.
How it gets misused. Used to justify pretend urgency. Crunch culture is Parkinson's Law applied with malice.
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Pattern
Hofstadter's Law
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take this rule into account.
- Pattern Cost of Delay The economic value lost by waiting one more week to ship something. Often higher than the cost of doing it badly.