Definitions in Context: “Deadline”

November 19, 2007 on 2:00 pm | In Fun, General, Managers |

Sometimes one might think about the meaning of a word a bit longer than usual and might even find that the common understanding of a word is different to the actual meaning. I had the experience with the term deadline. I found now qa most interesting definition that seems to match the actual behaviour of people encountered with the concept of a deadline. And here goes the definition:

Deadline is the day one week before the actual submission of the finished work.



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  1. I would add an epsilon to your formula that captures the “spirit” of the company you’re working for ;)

    Comment by Johannes Liegl — November 20, 2007 #

  2. One comment from my side about the term “work”.

    Work expands to fill out the available time.

    Comment by Ralf Klamma — November 20, 2007 #

  3. So it seems likely that work fills up the space between deadline and submission und the assumption that the time is stretched by a factor epsilon, which is related to motivation ;)

    mathias

    Comment by Mathias Lux — November 21, 2007 #

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