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Actually, the metaphor is pretty good, except they missed a key change: in real life if the "test painting" shows you need to "prime first" you now have no idea
by Ensorceled 11y ago
Actually, the metaphor is pretty good, except they missed a key change: in real life if the "test painting" shows you need to "prime first" you now have no idea how long it will take without starting the estimation process all over again.
So, in real life, paint the room is "2 days or, if the test painting goes badly on day one, I'm not sure and won't know until the end of day 1". And people don't like those kinds of estimates.
- crpatino 11y agoIf that's the case, you assume priming will be needed in your original estimation, then go do the test anyways, and at the end of day one you will look like a hero when you say "hey guys, I think we can get away with cutting priming from the plan, we just saved $abc from the budget and xyz days".