The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is a quantum mechanics law that states that the more certain you are of a particle's position the less certain you can be about its speed and direction. Vice versa, the more certain you are about a particle's speed and direction, the less certain you can be about its position. In other words, even in quantum mechanics, you cannot have your cake and eat it.
During a meeting today, my nerdier colleagues and I came to the conclusion that this law also effects our current software project (after I falsely likened the situation to Schrödinger's Cat). The more certain we are of our deadline, the less certain we can be about what will get delivered. Inversely, if we want certainty about what we will deliver, we lose certainty about when we can have it.
During a meeting today, my nerdier colleagues and I came to the conclusion that this law also effects our current software project (after I falsely likened the situation to Schrödinger's Cat). The more certain we are of our deadline, the less certain we can be about what will get delivered. Inversely, if we want certainty about what we will deliver, we lose certainty about when we can have it.
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Pensive, Wednesday, August 17, 2005 22:49
