Habits
Parkinson's Law and Deadlines
Parkinson's law says work expands to fill the time allotted—open-ended projects balloon without boundaries. Shorter deadlines, timeboxes, and public ship dates compress effort to essentials.
Parkinson's law says work expands to fill the time allotted—open-ended projects balloon without boundaries. Shorter deadlines, timeboxes, and public ship dates compress effort to essentials.
Pair with scope limits so quality does not collapse.
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