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Accurate reporting is great, after "accurate" guestimations. As a 15-year developer, I still get it wrong. Careful planning before you start is so crucial. And
by coreymaass 12y ago
Accurate reporting is great, after "accurate" guestimations. As a 15-year developer, I still get it wrong. Careful planning before you start is so crucial. And my boss knows to take whatever I say, double it, and then add a day. We're finally all on the same page :-)
I love the Mad Libs-style form in sprintly, btw.
- mijustin 12y agoJoe Stump told a story on his podcast about this: the VP of Engineering would always tell the business side, “Everything always takes 60 days.” He had a high confidence that most tasks take 60 days. Here's the link to the audio: https://soundcloud.com/business-of-coding/business-of-coding-michael-sopp https://soundcloud.com/business-of-coding/business-of-coding...