The Meaning of 'Schedule' -- (StickyMinds) "Then there is an underground real schedule, which is a period of time that people in the trenches think the project will actually take. In my experience, the real schedule still turns out to be optimistic. But the existence of real schedules shows healthy signs of teamwork, though management isn't a part of it. And a realistic guess from the trenches is better than the Gantt chart mirage."