''Student syndrome'' refers to planned
procrastination
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, when, for example, a student will only start to apply themselves to an assignment at the last possible moment before its
deadline
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. This eliminates any potential safety margins and puts the person under stress and pressure. According to one academic source, it is done in order to induce a level of urgency high enough to ensure the proper amount of effort is put into the task.
The term is used to describe this form of procrastination in general, and not only by students. For example, in the field of
software engineering
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: "This initial research investigates three behavioral issues which may affect team member productivity in both a traditional waterfall project and in a
Scrum project: the management of stress, the use of slack and the student syndrome."
[
The term is said to have been introduced by ]Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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in his novel ''Critical Chain
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''.
See also
* Cramming (education)
In education, cramming is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of information in short amounts of time. It is often done by students in preparation for upcoming exams, especially just before them. Usually the student's pr ...
* Hofstadter's law
* Parkinson's law
* Pygmalion effect
* Time management
Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. It involves of various demands upon a person relating to wo ...
References
Personal time management
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