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> Only accurate estimates can possibly be useful for planning Nah, a best guess estimate is better than no estimate at all. If engineers don’t estimate it does
by Closi 4y ago
> Only accurate estimates can possibly be useful for planning
Nah, a best guess estimate is better than no estimate at all. If engineers don’t estimate it doesn't mean estimates go away, it just means they have moved responsibility of estimating away from the engineers to the management team (who will then need to make their own estimate of how difficult/expensive something is to do and how long it will take).
Besides, you can be accurate without being precise - and engineers can work to become more precice over time as they gain more experience.
- foldr 4y ago>Nah, a best guess estimate is better than no estimate at all. Only if it's more-or-less accurate on average. It can't possibly be the case that a highly inaccurate estimate is better than no estimate. If you don't know, you don't know, and you should plan on that basis, not on the basis of a made up estimate.