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No - because you're not the business owner and don't decide what order things go in the backlog. A better way is to just give a sufficiently large estimate: "T
by anthonyb 14y ago
No - because you're not the business owner and don't decide what order things go in the backlog.
A better way is to just give a sufficiently large estimate: "That's 100 points* due to risk and uncertainty." If they want a more detailed estimate, then they have to give a more detailed story.
* - whatever will give you 6 +/- 3 months
- tetha 14y agoThis is one of the best things an older programmer has taught me. If people want estimations on vague things, give them 8 month full team full time. Minimum. Doesn't matter what it is. Implement a new, small feature? 8 month. Move the office furniture around? 8 month. People talking to you learn quickly to give out more precise specifications.
- anthonyb 14y agoI should point out that just throwing out a 100 point story over nothing is a bad plan career-wise - you definitely need to be able to back it up with reasons (we need to interface with systems x, y and z, this is comparable to other system w which took 8 months, we don't have any spec for doing a, b or c). In that sense the 100 point estimate is a real one - a "small" feature (eg. add a form to your web site) might be two or three weeks of work.