You guys are gonna think I'm a liar...

[Vark111]

I just got an email request from an internal client to reduce the scope of a project. I feel like a deer in headlights. My world view has been shaken. How can I cope with this traumatic situation?

[Pualee]

Make sure the part that is reduced... is not the part that you already finished! IT'S A TRAP! ;P :-D :laugh:

[PIEBALDconsult]

Make copies.

[Sander Rossel]

You forgot the joke icon, but pretty funny nonetheless! :laugh: :thumbsup:

It's an OO world.

public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

[Lost User]

I suppose I'm the only one that read that as "reduce the amount of payment we'll be making"?

[Vark111]

Internal client, so payment isn't involved. I work in an IT Department of a large-ish company, so my paycheck is the same whether any given project takes 6 weeks or 6 months.

[PIEBALDconsult]

There's also the "we're not going to need the part you were going to write, goodbye" scenario.

[PIEBALDconsult]

"Work expands to fill up the time that's available to complete it." -- Stan Freburg quoting C. Northcote Parkinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law[^]

[Deflinek]

^^^ This!

-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

[bryce]

Liar

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[Roger Wright]

I was going to post that hours ago, but I waited for you to show up. Thanks, mate. ;)

Will Rogers never met me.

[bryce]

:) you don't have time to post here Wogger - you're busy with your multiple identical file detectoizator

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[Mark_Wallace]

That's not good. It could mean that the company is being "streamlined", to make it more attractive to investors. Make sure your CV is up to date.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!