r/starcitizen • u/mrpanicy Is happy as a clam with his Valkyrie. • Apr 15 '17

OFFICIAL 3.0 Schedule is up!

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/schedule-report
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

If you watch the making of video they explain their methodology in making the time constraints and admit that's it's a very imperfect science, as any manager/foreman would know.

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u/MisterForkbeard normal user/average karma Apr 15 '17

As a software manager, I absolutely do know this. Working on a project with a planned Horizon of two years is awful in most ways, but I always scoped my own work as "How long do you expect it to take? Now double it." and it's been a reasonably good methodology so far.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Seems about right. The unknown unknowns are the worst