The alternative to this that I use is "don't precisely estimate tickets more than a month out" because if something has 6 other tickets between now and it, thin

The alternative to this that I use is "don't precisely estimate tickets more than a month out" because if something has 6 other tickets between now and it, things will probably change by then, so a precise fully-fleshed-out estimate will probably just wait time and not be any more valid than the "about a week" one anyway.