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I wonder how the author feels about the #NoEstimates movement. Both ROWE and #NoEstimates are very popular trends these days, but they are mutually incompatible
by whack 10y ago
I wonder how the author feels about the #NoEstimates movement. Both ROWE and #NoEstimates are very popular trends these days, but they are mutually incompatible. A results-only-work-environment works only if the results (ie quality + time-taken) are clearly defined, and all employees are held accountable for those results. This is fundamentally incompatible with the #NoEstimates movement which says that it's impossible to figure out how much time a task is supposed to take.
- marcosdumay 10y agoAre after the fact, retrospective estimates viable? It looks more possible to me than the before the fact variant. Anyway, I don't think butts in the seats management deals any better with the lack of correct estimates.
- whack 10y agoRetrospective estimates could work better, but I imagine it lends itself to a lot of credibility problems. If you're popular and well-liked, you'll get retrospective estimates that exceed how much time you actually took. If you're unpopular, your manager/teammates can screw you over by giving estimates that are lower than how much time you took. Not to mention the fact that things always seem so much simpler in hindsight, especially when someone does a really good job with design. Butt-in-seats management, despite being much maligned, is much more consistent with the NoEstimates movement. Instead of trying to estimate how much time something is supposed to take, just mandate that they spend X hours working everyday.