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Oddly enough t-shirt sized estimates work well. get a sense whether task is S, M, L, or XL from developers etc... and then multiply it by whatever factor you t
by sheeshkebab 9y ago
Oddly enough t-shirt sized estimates work well.
get a sense whether task is S, M, L, or XL from developers etc... and then multiply it by whatever factor you think S-XL should be in hours/days.
people can't seem to provide time-base estimates - but generally have a good sense of a complexity of a problem.
- redler 9y agoA similar trick to help crystallize thinking about the project is to ask whether it's on the order of hours, days, weeks, or months. This mitigates the fear of speaking a number and having it be enshrined as a guarantee, while connecting the rumination process to the experience of past projects in all their underestimated splendor.
- wiredfool 9y agoI like this approach, especially for getting estimates out of trades that don't like doing estimates before they tear apart your clutch. "Is this a hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars problem" can work wonders.