Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 22nd January 2018

Dilbert//10509, first published eight years ago on Monday 22nd January 2018

Unforseen Problems

Tags

building apps, completion date, problems, unforseen

Official transcript

Dilbert: It will take four weeks to build the app, unless there are unforeseen problems.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IT WILL TAKE FOUR WEEKS TO BUILD THE APP, UNLESS THERE ARE UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS.

HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS?

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.

THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF ESTIMATING A COMPLETION DATE?

I WAS HOPING TO MAKE YOU STOP TALKING, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Unforeseen Problem"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between a man and his boss. The boss asks how often they have unforeseen problems, and the man responds that it is one hundred percent of the time. The boss then inquires about the point of estimating a completion date, to which the man replies that he was hoping to make the boss stop talking but it didn't work. The comic strip humorously highlights the challenges of project management and the limitations of estimation.

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