1. Work expands to fill the time allocated for it.
2. People tend to pay disproportionate attention to trivial details and neglect relevant aspects.

Although neither of these claims can be verified by strict scientific methods, numerous studies prove that tasks actually take longer when more time is scheduled for them than is actually needed. This is because we usually exhaust a set duration completely and then prefer to proceed more thoroughly than we would under tighter deadlines.

Furthermore, many people tend to pay more attention to certain details than to others. This may be for personal reasons or a certain form of eccentricity that we want to express. We may also feel that it gives the implementation a personal, individual touch or that certain aspects are simply more important than the general public realizes.

And who has not had such an experience in their professional life – a meeting in which people discuss for hours which icon variant is the most appropriate, while central questions about the information architecture remain unanswered and important user requirements are not even examined – on the grounds that there is not enough time?

Impact on the User Experience

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