Friday, 2.5 hours left until the end of the workday. A business client comes and says there is a meeting at 9:30 on Monday and the task needs to be completed, which takes 5-6 hours. What will you do?

In such a situation, it is important to honestly assess the capabilities and risks. If the task requires 5-6 hours, but there are only 2.5 hours left until the end of the workday, then it is impossible to complete it fully on Friday.

What to do:

• Inform the customer about the actual completion time and the impossibility of finishing the task by Monday morning without additional work on the weekend.
• Suggest breaking the task into priority parts so that a minimally viable product (MVP) is ready by the meeting.
• If possible, agree on involving colleagues or reallocating resources.
• Assess whether it is possible to speed up the work by reducing the scope or simplifying the functionality.

It is important not to promise the impossible and to maintain transparency in communication to avoid misunderstandings and loss of trust.