I am an ardent believer in it, given how many times it has saved our assets at work, often to the point of annoying people. That said, I usually end up being right for insisting on more time and/or data, so it’s all good.
However, my spoonerific brain always gets this twisted to “measure once, cut twice”.
I unknowingly wrote this once in a comment about asking for more metrics during a design review.
My colleague (the author of said design document) replied with the relevant metrics and a comment saying “measure never, cut forever”. :D
measure twice
cut once
Measure three times, cut zero times
taps head
hmm. I prefer to live by “I’ve cut it three times and it’s still too short”
I am an ardent believer in it, given how many times it has saved our assets at work, often to the point of annoying people. That said, I usually end up being right for insisting on more time and/or data, so it’s all good.
However, my spoonerific brain always gets this twisted to “measure once, cut twice”.
I unknowingly wrote this once in a comment about asking for more metrics during a design review.
My colleague (the author of said design document) replied with the relevant metrics and a comment saying “measure never, cut forever”. :D
Im stealing that xD that’s a good one
Indeed it is. :-)
Also, your comment made me realise that I mistyped asses in my original comment!
Going to leave it there for the sweet sweet irony. :D
Measure once
Cut
oncetwiceMeasure again
Cut another time