While working on my Daycamp for Developers presentation, I've been going through some of the "laws" related to project management and estimation: Brooks' Law, Hofstadter's Law, and others. As part of this, I've decided to coin my own; it's something I've been saying for at least a decade:

Jones' Law: "If you plan for the worst, then all surprises are good surprises."

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