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> "What I never get about estimates is why people don't just reduce the granularity until they have some amount of accuracy they can work with." I think you've
by csours 6y ago
> "What I never get about estimates is why people don't just reduce the granularity until they have some amount of accuracy they can work with."
I think you've kind of answered yourself here. Software development is fractal-like. The closer you get, the more complicated. If you want to estimate smaller chunks, you have to do a lot more work. At some point it's better to just start developing than to zoom in further, because at that point you're basically developing anyway.
- k3liutZu 6y ago> At some point it's better to just start developing than to zoom in further, because at that point you're basically developing anyway. Unfortunately this is what management / PMO actually want. To somehow magically do the development in your head during a meeting so that you can accurately estimate some loosely defined task.