2024-05-01 18:56 UTC
@polotek@social.polotek.net 3. R&D cannot be estimated, but having experts do a timeboxed exploration usually gives enough of a clue to get started.
4. Large tasks can’t be estimated. Make them smaller. Then even smaller.
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@barsoomcore@mastodon.social 2024-05-01 20:37
@janl@narrativ.es @polotek@social.polotek.net when I’m working with teams that have little experience in estimation I ask them to work very strictly on one-week sprints due to point #4 you make. If a team can’t estimate what they can get done in a week, there’s no way they can estimate months at a time. By enforcing a short interval they have the chance to start learning how to estimate with smaller item sizes first— after which they can start increasing their skill.