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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 5185004" data-attributes="member: 63962">Having release schedules that reflects reality is quite hard business. I am in the software business and everybody knows it's know for ridiculous slips. Think: Duke Nukem 3D. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Anyway, something that could be done is for you to have a thread about a new release which you update about every 2 weeks. The first thing you have to do is _guessing_ at how much work (in time) it is going to take. Two weeks later you update the original post saying how much work was done and how much work it takes to complete the job. Giving reasons for nothing happening (sickness, personal issues, etc), can be given if no work was done. Or, if you find the project larger you can add to the total amount of weeks it takes to finish a project.You would have a series of updated posts looking a bit like this:1. March: 0/8 weeks of work to finish module done15. March: 1/10 weeks of work to finish module done1. April: 2/10 weeks of work to finish module done15. April: 2/10 weeks of work to finish module done (no work done due to sickness)1. Mai: 6/11 weeks of work to finish module doneNow it's up to the people relying on you finishing the module to assess when it's getting finished. Most people are quite reasonable if they get updated information and don't need a specific date.A small not - I am talking about work-weeks, not actual dates, something that needs to be explained at the start of such a post. Coordinating between 3-4 people can give you a lot of waiting-time so a 8 week job can take 5 months. On the other hand, if it's done in parallel with 4 people it can take as little as 2 weeks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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