This article describes some challenges and pitfalls of communicating estimates but doesn’t offer much actual advice. In my experience if you’re talking about r

This article describes some challenges and pitfalls of communicating estimates but doesn’t offer much actual advice. In my experience if you’re talking about risk distributions or hand wringing over the difference between an estimate and a commitment, you’re already on the defensive and not doing your reputation any favors. The better approach is to zoom out and understand the business or product goals, including constraints felt by your stakeholders, and communicate in their terms. Speak confidently to what you can do, with appropriate footnotes for limitations and risks. Even in a low trust environment you don’t succeed by focusing on the negative (though you might want to keep a paper trail), you succeed by showing what you can achieve.