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Show HN: Estimates made easy

6 points by gugl 11y ago

gugl 11y ago
Agilescope.io is a tool to make project/product estimates easier. The first target group are Freelancers and Small Teams in Software Development and Design. Next on the roadmap is to integrate time tracking to get full control over both sides. The estimate and the time you really spent on it. Better cost/budget control for you and your customer. Any feedback is helpful. Thanks in advance.
- biinjo 11y ago
  Out of curiosity -- how does your tool compare to for instance FreshBooks?
  - gugl 11y ago
    Thanks for the good question. FreshBooks is an accounting tool. I'm using it myself for that. The core vision for Agilescope is to have a easy and quick way to build estimates (internal or for clients) without all that distraction. Then you can work with your team or your client to scope out your milestone/offer and select which items to work on. The green switches on the left signals if an item should be done or not. With that you can find the set of items which fit into the timeline and the customers budget. With the next feature being integrated time tracking you can get a good overview of what items are completed vs. how much time/money is still left. Did that answer your question?
HenryTheHorse 11y ago
If I have understood the proposition, this tool will let a developer/freelancer PRESENT estimates to customers. Presenting estimates is essential but trivial. But as everyone knows, estimations feature two non-trivial problems: one, knowing how to budget X hours for Y task and two, knowing what tasks are needed in a project. Both of these are a factor of experience, familiarity with the domain etc. So do you foresee your service offering default "project task-lists" with sample effort? Without that, honestly, a simple Excel spreadsheet easily offers far more functionality. I do hope you take this as a serious feedback and not just as criticism from a stranger on the Internet. There is a market-fit problem with ALL estimation tools and I am not seeing anyone address it.
- gugl 11y ago
  Thank you so much for your interesting feedback! The full featured vision for agilescope is indeed more than just the estimate. Making Estimates simpler is just the start. The next step is the integrated time tracking and some project task-list features. It will answer two very important questions in projects: how much time/money is left and how much of the actual tasks are already completed. Does that answer your question? Also your mentioned "market-fit problem with ALL estimation tools" sounds interesting. What do you think is that market-fit problem? Maybe we can find a solution for it. Thank you so much.

6 points by gugl 11y ago

gugl 11y ago

Agilescope.io is a tool to make project/product estimates easier. The first target group are Freelancers and Small Teams in Software Development and Design. Next on the roadmap is to integrate time tracking to get full control over both sides. The estimate and the time you really spent on it. Better cost/budget control for you and your customer. Any feedback is helpful. Thanks in advance.

biinjo 11y ago
Out of curiosity -- how does your tool compare to for instance FreshBooks?
- gugl 11y ago
  Thanks for the good question. FreshBooks is an accounting tool. I'm using it myself for that. The core vision for Agilescope is to have a easy and quick way to build estimates (internal or for clients) without all that distraction. Then you can work with your team or your client to scope out your milestone/offer and select which items to work on. The green switches on the left signals if an item should be done or not. With that you can find the set of items which fit into the timeline and the customers budget. With the next feature being integrated time tracking you can get a good overview of what items are completed vs. how much time/money is still left. Did that answer your question?

HenryTheHorse 11y ago

If I have understood the proposition, this tool will let a developer/freelancer PRESENT estimates to customers. Presenting estimates is essential but trivial. But as everyone knows, estimations feature two non-trivial problems: one, knowing how to budget X hours for Y task and two, knowing what tasks are needed in a project. Both of these are a factor of experience, familiarity with the domain etc. So do you foresee your service offering default "project task-lists" with sample effort? Without that, honestly, a simple Excel spreadsheet easily offers far more functionality. I do hope you take this as a serious feedback and not just as criticism from a stranger on the Internet. There is a market-fit problem with ALL estimation tools and I am not seeing anyone address it.

gugl 11y ago
Thank you so much for your interesting feedback! The full featured vision for agilescope is indeed more than just the estimate. Making Estimates simpler is just the start. The next step is the integrated time tracking and some project task-list features. It will answer two very important questions in projects: how much time/money is left and how much of the actual tasks are already completed. Does that answer your question? Also your mentioned "market-fit problem with ALL estimation tools" sounds interesting. What do you think is that market-fit problem? Maybe we can find a solution for it. Thank you so much.