Comments on: 5 Ways to Win with Deadlines http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/ "Winning the battle against wasted time, disorganization, clutter, and all other things evil..." Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jovan http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jovan Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:44 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-65 "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." I agree with John, as a manager I've had to lead well educated teams of IT professionals that understood the deadlines we worked to meet were just BS from higher ups or because some "Top Producer" wished it so. This made them unhappy and didn't make my life any easier. When the team as group decides on a deadline, it's a whole new ball game. Great post Craig. I like the suggestions and will use them at me next meeting. Cheers! “I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.”

I agree with John, as a manager I’ve had to lead well educated teams of IT professionals that understood the deadlines we worked to meet were just BS from higher ups or because some “Top Producer” wished it so. This made them unhappy and didn’t make my life any easier. When the team as group decides on a deadline, it’s a whole new ball game.

Great post Craig. I like the suggestions and will use them at me next meeting.

Cheers!

]]> By: Jovan http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Jovan Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:00 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-700 "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." I agree with John, as a manager I've had to lead well educated teams of IT professionals that understood the deadlines we worked to meet were just BS from higher ups or because some "Top Producer" wished it so. This made them unhappy and didn't make my life any easier. When the team as group decides on a deadline, it's a whole new ball game. Great post Craig. I like the suggestions and will use them at me next meeting. Cheers! “I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.”

I agree with John, as a manager I’ve had to lead well educated teams of IT professionals that understood the deadlines we worked to meet were just BS from higher ups or because some “Top Producer” wished it so. This made them unhappy and didn’t make my life any easier. When the team as group decides on a deadline, it’s a whole new ball game.

Great post Craig. I like the suggestions and will use them at me next meeting.

Cheers!

]]> By: Craig http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Craig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:54:48 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-64 Agree with you! Nothing works better than holding yourself to an earlier deadline. And it feels great to finish early! Agree with you! Nothing works better than holding yourself to an earlier deadline. And it feels great to finish early!

]]> By: Craig http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Craig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:54:00 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-699 Agree with you! Nothing works better than holding yourself to an earlier deadline. And it feels great to finish early! Agree with you! Nothing works better than holding yourself to an earlier deadline. And it feels great to finish early!

]]> By: Craig http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Craig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:50:54 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-63 Love your point! Giving meaning to deadlines is very important. Thanks for adding! Love your point! Giving meaning to deadlines is very important.

Thanks for adding!

]]> By: Craig http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Craig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:50:00 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-698 Love your point! Giving meaning to deadlines is very important. Thanks for adding! Love your point! Giving meaning to deadlines is very important.

Thanks for adding!

]]> By: John Hawkins http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-61 John Hawkins Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:31 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-61 Great article, but you missed a key way to win against deadlines: Make it real! Teams get tired of busting their buns to meet artificial deadlines set from on high that have no relevance to the business and/or customer. It is demoralizing and creates ample incentive to ignore the next deadline (even if that one is justified). Justifications such as "that's when the CEO wants it," or "that's the day before my vacation starts" are hard to use in motivating high-performance teams. Best when it is a deadline set by the team itself, with ample input from the customer/end-user. Great article, but you missed a key way to win against deadlines: Make it real! Teams get tired of busting their buns to meet artificial deadlines set from on high that have no relevance to the business and/or customer. It is demoralizing and creates ample incentive to ignore the next deadline (even if that one is justified). Justifications such as “that’s when the CEO wants it,” or “that’s the day before my vacation starts” are hard to use in motivating high-performance teams.

Best when it is a deadline set by the team itself, with ample input from the customer/end-user.

]]> By: John Hawkins http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-697 John Hawkins Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:00 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-697 Great article, but you missed a key way to win against deadlines: Make it real! Teams get tired of busting their buns to meet artificial deadlines set from on high that have no relevance to the business and/or customer. It is demoralizing and creates ample incentive to ignore the next deadline (even if that one is justified). Justifications such as "that's when the CEO wants it," or "that's the day before my vacation starts" are hard to use in motivating high-performance teams. Best when it is a deadline set by the team itself, with ample input from the customer/end-user. Great article, but you missed a key way to win against deadlines: Make it real! Teams get tired of busting their buns to meet artificial deadlines set from on high that have no relevance to the business and/or customer. It is demoralizing and creates ample incentive to ignore the next deadline (even if that one is justified). Justifications such as “that’s when the CEO wants it,” or “that’s the day before my vacation starts” are hard to use in motivating high-performance teams.

Best when it is a deadline set by the team itself, with ample input from the customer/end-user.

]]> By: Thekla Richter http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Thekla Richter Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:12:09 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-60 Great article! The biggest thing I do to meet deadlines is to set myself a personal deadline that's earlier than the official one, as you suggest. That way, I leave enough buffer in case something goes wrong and it takes longer than I expect, plus you get that great feeling of being done early that you mention :) For large projects, it's also important to break the project into smaller sub-projeects and set mini-deadlines for those throughout your timeline, with each stage being allotted more time than you think it needs. Again, this helps with pacing so that you have a chance to make course corrections if something starts to go wrong or take a lot longer than you thought. Great article!

The biggest thing I do to meet deadlines is to set myself a personal deadline that’s earlier than the official one, as you suggest. That way, I leave enough buffer in case something goes wrong and it takes longer than I expect, plus you get that great feeling of being done early that you mention :)

For large projects, it’s also important to break the project into smaller sub-projeects and set mini-deadlines for those throughout your timeline, with each stage being allotted more time than you think it needs. Again, this helps with pacing so that you have a chance to make course corrections if something starts to go wrong or take a lot longer than you thought.

]]> By: Thekla Richter http://timemanagementninja.com/2010/02/5-ways-to-win-with-deadlines/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Thekla Richter Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:12:00 +0000 http://timemanagementninja.com/?p=93#comment-696 Great article! The biggest thing I do to meet deadlines is to set myself a personal deadline that's earlier than the official one, as you suggest. That way, I leave enough buffer in case something goes wrong and it takes longer than I expect, plus you get that great feeling of being done early that you mention :) For large projects, it's also important to break the project into smaller sub-projeects and set mini-deadlines for those throughout your timeline, with each stage being allotted more time than you think it needs. Again, this helps with pacing so that you have a chance to make course corrections if something starts to go wrong or take a lot longer than you thought. Great article!

The biggest thing I do to meet deadlines is to set myself a personal deadline that’s earlier than the official one, as you suggest. That way, I leave enough buffer in case something goes wrong and it takes longer than I expect, plus you get that great feeling of being done early that you mention :)

For large projects, it’s also important to break the project into smaller sub-projeects and set mini-deadlines for those throughout your timeline, with each stage being allotted more time than you think it needs. Again, this helps with pacing so that you have a chance to make course corrections if something starts to go wrong or take a lot longer than you thought.

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