The Overoptimism of Research Assistants

How long volition it take to gear upward the wellness central website? I guide keep no idea. But thinking virtually this upshot reminded me of a fourth dimension when I was a grad student, together with Larry Summers was an assistant professor. 

Larry told me that his query assistants ever vastly underestimated how long whatsoever chore would take. His dominion of thumb: Double the gauge the RA gives, together with and hence deed to the adjacent higher fourth dimension unit.

So, if the RA says the task will accept an hour, it volition accept 2 days.  If the RA says it volition accept 2 days, it volition accept 4 weeks.
Sumber http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/