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To anyone else that doesn't know what WAG is, it's apparently "Wild Ass Guess".
by jolmg 8y ago
To anyone else that doesn't know what WAG is, it's apparently "Wild Ass Guess".
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoI find that SWAG sounds better, and let's you add "Scientific" to the front of it.
- jolmg 8y ago"Scientific Wild Ass Guess" sounds better? I think I'd just stick with "educated guess". I wouldn't even make an acronym out of it.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago"SWAG" sets the expectations much better than "educated guess"- you're saying "I got very little idea, but you really want a number, so here's a number". "Educated guess" sounds much more like you've got a good idea, which using the term "SWAG" is trying to avoid.
- jolmg 8y ago> I got very little idea, but you really want a number, so here's a number Where does the "Scientific" come in? Because I really thought it implied having a good idea, which made SWAG seem like an oxymoron.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoI believe it's juxtaposition for comedic effect.
- kthejoker2 8y agoIf your guess is a mathematical formula with assumptions for the inputs, those assumptions can be tested and the formula refined ... It's a SWAG. You use things like Average/95/99, t shirt sizing, how much work can be done in parallel, 3rd party/client dependencies, ramp up time for a new library ... it's still a wild assed guess but at least there's some basis in reality and you can defend your estimate - show me what I'm wrong about or missing and I'll revise my formula. Negotiating over the assumptions and inputs is 90% of the battle anyway. Without a model you're standing on sand.