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The fair thing to say is that there's something like 80-90% chance that this will take X time, 99% chance that it will take less than Y time. This would allow
by mewpmewp2 4y ago
The fair thing to say is that there's something like 80-90% chance that this will take X time, 99% chance that it will take less than Y time.
This would allow for planning, prioritising and is the most accurate communication we can achieve.
- wruza 4y agoThe best thing to do is to define tradeoff ranges and set the deadline, so that developers could try an optimistic path, learn what’s wrong with it halfway, and then choose a tradeoff that both seems not that bad enough and, when it fails, leaves time to rethink and use another tradeoff which is even good now, in a sense. Because that’s what we do either way. Round numbers from ass make no science to plan and prioritize upon.