2024-05-01 23:31 UTC
Here are some things that I do to make sure I have high confidence in my estimates.
* I talk to my team and learn what they are capable of. As a manager or as a peer engineer. Estimates don't mean anything if the other people involved won't or can't do what is asked.
* I quickly identify which parts we are not experienced in. What things are outside of our current experience and competence. Those parts are labeled high risk.
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@polotek@social.polotek.net 2024-05-01 23:35
* I front load the high risk parts. Meaning we work to explore those parts early in the project. The sooner we gain clarity, the sooner we can refine the estimates. You can also do short proof of concept sprints to achieve this goal. * For anything longer than a few weeks, I create documents to outline the important decisions and assumptions I'm making. I loosely refer to these as Project Documents. And in my opinion we don't do enough to teach people how to create these.