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'''Small Matter of Programming''' ('''SMOP''') was among the "games" described, in a magazine article entitled "Big-System Games Programmers Play", as parallelling the ''[[Games People Play]]'' identified by Dr. [[Eric Berne]] in the field of self-help psychology. The game essentially consists of proposing seemingly simple adjustments to a design, and leaving to someone else the problem of fitting the unexpected consequences into the schedule.▼
▲SMOP was among the "games" described, in a magazine article entitled "Big-System Games Programmers Play", as parallelling the ''[[Games People Play]]'' identified by Dr. [[Eric Berne]] in the field of self-help psychology. The game essentially consists of proposing seemingly simple adjustments to a design, and leaving to someone else the problem of fitting the unexpected consequences into the schedule.
The implication of using it is either
* to remind one's colleagues that ''every'' design change seems like a small matter of programming, until implementation starts, or
* to reassert by irony one's awareness of the danger of underestimating required effort.
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