The Lost Art of Estimation






Mike KingĀ 
mike@gir.pm
@emkay

I'm going to Talk About





Estimating Stuff


or, How to Answer the Question

Are we there Yet?

Why You Can't Estimate

  1. It's too early to estimate
  2. Project is too big to estimate
  3. It takes too long
  4. We did it already
  5. We have questions
  6. Client is going to change their mind

How You Can Always Estimate


  1. Estimate as often as possible.

  2. Realise that it's not easy.

  3. Get it wrong early.

  4. Break everything into estimable pieces.

  5. Don't get bogged down with questions.

The Lost Art of Estimation

By emkay

The Lost Art of Estimation

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