Saturday, January 16, 2021

Estimating the work


 

If too many pieces end up in the L and XL buckets (and if it looks like we won’t get enough chunks to get to the desired resolution), then we need to split those chunks further so we get them down to S or M. If most of the pieces get estimated as XS, then we need to zoom out and look at less detail.

Do not ask developers to provide high precision estimates for intricate functionality based on detailed specification. Ask them to provide high resolution estimates even if each individual estimate is of lower accuracy.

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