This post was originally published in my blog smartpuffin.com.

I call it a hunch.

Sometimes I sense something's wrong.

There is no visible indicator of it. Devs say it's going well, products say it's on time and under control, specialists say it's all aligned and agreed on.

But I sense something.

Then I ask a question. I am always embarassed to ask, because everyone says it's fine, they all already agreed, any why am I even bothering to double check?

But when they hear my questions, it turns out they didn't think of a problem. Or they have different "on times" in mind. Or they understand the agreement differently. Or they made very different assumptions.

It happens every week. I call it a hunch.