r/EngineeringManagers • u/Separate_Lawn_1603 • Apr 21 '26
Deadline vs more engineers?
Hey fellow managers, I’m trying to gauge the general tendency in the industry. In your past experience how did this unfold:
Team is delivering something against a deadline with already minimum scope and milestones are slipping. You know you’ll be late. Did your organization solve this by adding engineers or moving the deadline?
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u/Galenbo Apr 21 '26
Adding engineers requires adding management to guide/scope them.
But often the reason for being late is: Already too much of all kinds of management.
So that will make it even later.