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Ketto
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  • Ketto
    replied to Death March projects
    Yeah I was more meaning where there is intense time pressure - which there nearly always is in a Death March. Project i jumped from they had committed to building a full decision in principal process in sprint 1, a full mortgage application process in sprint 2, an agent portal in sprint 3. No process...
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  • Ketto
    replied to Death March projects
    If an agile project kicks off before people are ready it is very hard to recover from in my experience. Like being hit by a tsunami every two weeks…. You work like the absolute clappers getting everything done, collapse in a heap at the end - then have to do it all again. Over and over. Then the defects,...
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  • Waiting until Jan 2027 when BADR is feasible would be a pain, but then waiting 7-9 years for the dividend plan to be an option would also be.

    As is often the case with these things there is usually one option which beats all others, your option 1 - Pension. Especially as retirement isn’t...
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  • I’d take professional advice from an accountant or IFA personally as there is a lot of scoope to do things incorrectly or in a sub-optimal way.

    If you don’t need the money as personal funds then doing something via pension is probably best.

    One option you have not mentioned...
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