Managers' forum

20.03.2006

I manage a programmer who is technically brilliant but is failing to meet all his deadlines. What should I do?

First, you need to understand why this person is missing the deadlines. These are the most common reasons:

1. Unrealistic deadlines.

2. Lack of commitment to meet deadlines.

3. A misunderstanding about the relative priority of schedule, budget, feature set and quality.