[TYPO3-dev] FLOW3 / TYPO3 5.0

[Martin Kutschker]

Irene Höppner schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
>> Parkinson's law says: "The work takes all time allocated to it".
> 
> - Parkinson has been written about "public administration", not
> motivated software development, that highly depends on creativity,
> didn't he?

Yet ist is true for other domains as well. (Software) Engineers are perfectionists. They will always
find room for improvement.

> Well, after all that crying for deadlines my 2 cents about deadlines:
> Every kind of pressure makes stupid (at least it kills creativity). No
> matter if it's time-pressure, want-to-get-more-money-pressure, threats
> or whatever.

Unrealistic deadlines are a PITA, but OTOH reasonable deadlines forces you to make decisions and get
on with the work.

Sidenote: I don't believe that the average pupil will do any homework if it weren't for the marks.
No (subtle) force, no results.

Masi