Well, it helps if you have retrospectives, though I see them rarely done properly. What kind of works is tracking similar efforts (in the same code base) and m

Well, it helps if you have retrospectives, though I see them rarely done properly. What kind of works is tracking similar efforts (in the same code base) and measuring how long they take. While every task is different, there are usually a small number of different classes of tasks, and knowing how quickly these can be done helps in both estimating as well as defending the estimates.