{"id":301,"date":"2026-10-22T18:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/?p=301"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:41:49","slug":"refuerzo-o-proyecto-cerrado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/blog\/refuerzo-o-proyecto-cerrado\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra hands, or a closed project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2026-08-31 \u00b7 Wallion<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sometimes you need a couple of extra hands on a backlog you've already sent. Sometimes there's a piece missing that no one in-house is going to finish. They're similar in that someone from outside gets involved. They're not similar in who decides what's finished.<\/p>\n\n\n

Booster<\/h2>\n\n\n

T\u00fa tienes la lista. T\u00fa priorizas. T\u00fa dices qu\u00e9 se mergea. La otra parte aporta horas y criterio t\u00e9cnico. El trabajo no tiene un \"entregable\" \u00fanico. Tiene sprints.<\/p>\n\n\n

It makes sense when the product already exists, the backlog keeps growing, and the bottleneck is capacity, not clarity. You know what to build. You just don't have the time.<\/p>\n\n\n

It's pointless when there's no list. Putting people in a vacuum doesn't create reach. It creates meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n

You bear the risk. If the month goes to something else, the bonus goes with the month. That's fine if you know it from day one.<\/p>\n\n\n

Project closed<\/h2>\n\n\n

Hay una frase de alcance. Hay un \"esto entra \/ esto no\". Hay una fecha en la que se puede decir hecho. La otra parte cierra ese trozo. T\u00fa no los usas como cola del backlog.<\/p>\n\n\n

It makes sense when the section can be written before starting. A flow. An MVP. A bridge between two systems. A tool that replaces a sheet of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n

No tiene sentido cuando el alcance es \"lo que vaya saliendo\". Eso no es un proyecto. Es un refuerzo al que le pusiste precio de proyecto.<\/p>\n\n\n

The risk of cuts is borne by whoever closes the project. If you can't name the cuts, don't ask for a project. Ask for help defining the scope, or wait.<\/p>\n\n\n

How not to mix them<\/h2>\n\n\n

Don't hire someone for a project and then change the list every week. Then there's no deadline. It's just a disguised reinforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n

Don't bring in reinforcements and expect a finished product on day 40. Nobody owned the closing.<\/p>\n\n\n

No hagas \"un poco de las dos\" en el mismo contrato. O mandas t\u00fa la lista, o mandas una frase. Las dos a la vez es c\u00f3mo un presupuesto no termina.<\/p>\n\n\n

A test<\/h2>\n\n\n

Escribe qui\u00e9n dice \"est\u00e1 hecho\".<\/p>\n\n\n

If it's you, every Monday: reinforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n

If it's a sentence written on day one, and you can point to it: project.<\/p>\n\n\n

If you don't know: don't hire yet. First the phrase or first the list. Not both halfway.<\/p>\n\n\n

Relationship with the rest<\/h2>\n\n\n

If the piece is a product for a stranger, read When does an MVP make sense?<\/a>. If it's the company's month, it's a tool. If it's a cable between two systems, it's... integrate or build<\/a>. This page only lets you choose the order form.<\/p>\n\n\n

After<\/h2>\n\n\n

Both formats fit within the same study. A new URL isn't needed for each. Once you know whether you're sending the list or the phrase, the path is... custom software<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Putting people on your backlog is not the same as commissioning a scoped delivery. How to choose without opening an endless contract.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12140,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/12140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wallion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}