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I would say that estimation isn't so much about predicting completion as understanding hidden assumptions in the team. We sometimes find that engineers have en
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
I would say that estimation isn't so much about predicting completion as understanding hidden assumptions in the team.
We sometimes find that engineers have entirely different concepts of how a particular feature or change needs to be implemented. Estimation – planning poker in particular – is a great way to reveal that and start exploring what the reasons are.
- matt_s 8y agoIt is a good facilitator of that conversation but you don't need to do estimating to have that conversation about implementation details. Once a team arrives at common patterns of implementing things then those conversations really only need to happen for new implementations or integrations with other systems.
- zelos 8y ago"At least we're not doing planning poker" was a running joke response to any kind of crazy process stuff we were forced to do on my last team. Maybe it works better for small projects/teams, but in my experience it's a massive waste of time.