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Discussion on: Please be professional and stop saying "I'm almost done!"

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João Vítor Monteiro

This really looks like a rant. Otherwise, if you see a failure, maybe you should address it with your team. I thought this was the whole point on Agile: improve along the iterations. It's not unprofessional to make a mistake. It's not unprofessional to say "almost done". It's a problem bigger than the person saying it, and they clearly need help with it.

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Davide de Paolis

of course, it's a rant :-) but its intention is humorous and helpful.
and I wanted to ( first find and then) provide an insight of the reasons why we - because I still do that too often - say that.

And it is not unprofessional to say it. as long it is true :-) (still more clarity, and informative wording of the status of your task would me more profesionall and more useful to your team - this is what standups are for, after all.