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Ashok Ramachandran
Ashok Ramachandran
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Looks like a growth opportunity to me!

Remember that:

  1. The customer cannot know how much effort each piece of work takes.
  2. The customer cannot know how much work you have already committed and how much bandwidth is left.

So, stop looking at it as someone is trying to slam you.

  1. Make an estimate of each work item.
  2. Is there any low priority work that you have committed? Can you negotiate to get some of that defereddeferred?
  3. See what productivity improvements you can make through process improvements, automation...etc.
  4. Be sensitive to the customer's need for urgent work and priorities. Be prepared to add resources to bring the timeline in.

Go back with a proposal of when you can realistically deliver each work item. If the timeline is not acceptable, propose additional funding to add resources and what timeline improvement that can get.

Looks like a growth opportunity to me!

Remember that:

  1. The customer cannot know how much effort each piece of work takes.
  2. The customer cannot know how much work you have already committed and how much bandwidth is left.

So, stop looking at it as someone is trying to slam you.

  1. Make an estimate of each work item.
  2. Is there any low priority work that you have committed? Can you negotiate to get some of that defered?
  3. See what productivity improvements you can make through process improvements, automation...etc.
  4. Be sensitive to the customer's need for urgent work and priorities. Be prepared to add resources to bring the timeline in.

Go back with a proposal of when you can realistically deliver each work item. If the timeline is not acceptable, propose additional funding to add resources and what timeline improvement that can get.

Looks like a growth opportunity to me!

Remember that:

  1. The customer cannot know how much effort each piece of work takes.
  2. The customer cannot know how much work you have already committed and how much bandwidth is left.

So, stop looking at it as someone is trying to slam you.

  1. Make an estimate of each work item.
  2. Is there any low priority work that you have committed? Can you negotiate to get some of that deferred?
  3. See what productivity improvements you can make through process improvements, automation...etc.
  4. Be sensitive to the customer's need for urgent work and priorities. Be prepared to add resources to bring the timeline in.

Go back with a proposal of when you can realistically deliver each work item. If the timeline is not acceptable, propose additional funding to add resources and what timeline improvement that can get.

Source Link
Ashok Ramachandran
Ashok Ramachandran
  • 11.1k
  • 1
  • 22
  • 50

Looks like a growth opportunity to me!

Remember that:

  1. The customer cannot know how much effort each piece of work takes.
  2. The customer cannot know how much work you have already committed and how much bandwidth is left.

So, stop looking at it as someone is trying to slam you.

  1. Make an estimate of each work item.
  2. Is there any low priority work that you have committed? Can you negotiate to get some of that defered?
  3. See what productivity improvements you can make through process improvements, automation...etc.
  4. Be sensitive to the customer's need for urgent work and priorities. Be prepared to add resources to bring the timeline in.

Go back with a proposal of when you can realistically deliver each work item. If the timeline is not acceptable, propose additional funding to add resources and what timeline improvement that can get.