>>Why do you need the programmer to estimate if you're going to ignore the prediction? So the manager can pass the buck. >>If programmers aren't even asked to

>>Why do you need the programmer to estimate if you're going to ignore the prediction? So the manager can pass the buck. >>If programmers aren't even asked to estimate or ignored, obviously the problem is not that programmers are bad at estimating. Yes. I would argue most of the time when projects take longer than predicted it wasn't the programmer's estimation that was the problem. >>The method can fix some potentially harmful management<>programmer interactions. It can't fix stupid management. Agreed