The 80:20 rule (Pareto principle) fits into this as well. You can make easy inroads into each individual project if things are divided up - getting any of them to a viable state however starts to bog down.<p>Productivity isn't linear. Especially when you mix in Tuckman's group dynamics.
Sorry but I disagree. The best engineers are the ones that can plan reliable estimates and hit their targets. They deserve to be highly paid, since they create stability and predictability in an otherwise chaotic process. You don't have to be a speedy coder in order to be highly valued. You just need to be reliable, and the team needs to have confidence in the work that you do.<p>To do things like cut the number of features in half and double time estimates, as is advocated by the author, are things that only contribute to red tape and chaos.
TLDR: how bad planning and incompetence prevents you from completing tasks on time, news at 11.<p>Same old topic that has been discussed over and over before.