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> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://www.deliverysheet.com/llms.txt)

# **From the desk **

Scenes every engineering manager has stood in. Three of them have a blank: put your own word in, and take the picture with you. Each one has an essay behind it, for the day it stops being funny.

- LeadershipSSO?16:58, Friday

  *It says “SSO?”. I have read it four times.*

  Your one word

  The essay: [“SSO” is a topic, not a request](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/a-topic-is-not-a-request)
- 8 WEEKS

  *I said “roughly 8 weeks”. They have had it engraved.*

  Your estimate

  The essay: [An estimate is not a commitment](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/an-estimate-is-not-a-commitment)
- JUNE30the plan

  *Good news: we have the date. The plan is expected shortly.*

  The essay: [Pushing back on an unrealistic deadline](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/pushing-back-on-an-unrealistic-deadline)
- 213

  *I ranked them, as asked. They are all first.*

  The essay: [When everything is a priority](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/when-everything-is-a-priority)
- LATERMarch

  *It isn’t a no. It has just been “later” since March.*

  Since

  The essay: [Putting a project on hold](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/putting-a-project-on-hold)
- Landed: 0

  *We have started ten. I would like to lead with that.*

  The essay: [Ten projects in flight is a queue pretending to be progress](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/too-many-projects-in-flight)
- *Status: green. Some details are still being finalised.*

  The essay: [Green is a judgement, not a colour](https://www.deliverysheet.com/blog/rag-status-is-a-judgement)

They are yours to post: the image carries the caption and this page's address, and nothing you type here is kept or sent anywhere. If one of them is your week, there are two things here that take two minutes: [a game about which requests can be decided on](https://www.deliverysheet.com/spot-the-request), and [a free check for one of your own](https://www.deliverysheet.com/request-check).

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