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The only way to make good reliable estimates is to pad and roll your thumbs until the nominal time is up. If there are teams that meet targets they are padding
by rightbyte 4y ago
The only way to make good reliable estimates is to pad and roll your thumbs until the nominal time is up.
If there are teams that meet targets they are padding for king and country.
- morelisp 4y agoPicking the 99% or top decile or whatever is not padding, it's the actual job of estimating. Anyone who talks about "padding" rather than uncertainty doesn't understand estimating yet.
- rightbyte 4y agoYe I think I might have misunderstood you. I've got Scrum withdrawal syndrome I can't think straight when seeing the word "estimate".