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| how_should_we_update_our_estimates [2020/06/02 14:21] – external edit 127.0.0.1 | how_should_we_update_our_estimates [2022/08/15 12:28] (current) – hans | ||
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| This is a mistake. | This is a mistake. | ||
| - | The reality is that no amount of additional planning would have resulted in a better estimate. In fact the evidence indicates otherwise; estimates get worse the more time you spend on it (mainly because you are building guesses on top of guesses as you think longer about the problem). It is simply wrong to " | + | The reality is that no amount of additional planning would have resulted in a better estimate. In fact the evidence indicates otherwise; estimates get worse the more time you spend on it (mainly because you are building guesses on top of guesses as you think longer about the problem). It is simply wrong to " |
| What this tells you is that you should not update a record of the estimate once you have started real work on it. That way an estimate stays an estimate, and has the same basis (and is good as) as any other estimate that we have in the system. Using this basis we can compare all the estimates, safe in the knowledge that they have the same status - "we haven' | What this tells you is that you should not update a record of the estimate once you have started real work on it. That way an estimate stays an estimate, and has the same basis (and is good as) as any other estimate that we have in the system. Using this basis we can compare all the estimates, safe in the knowledge that they have the same status - "we haven' | ||
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| All these things might necessitate an update to the Story estimate. | All these things might necessitate an update to the Story estimate. | ||
| - | Now the Team starts working the Story. Perhaps they committed to it during | + | Now the Team starts working the Story. Perhaps they committed to it during Iteration |
| This kind of thinking applies the higher level structures (Epics / Features) as well. | This kind of thinking applies the higher level structures (Epics / Features) as well. | ||
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| ====== Want To Know More? ====== | ====== Want To Know More? ====== | ||
| - | * [[blog:our_estimates_are_terrible|Our Estimates are Terrible!]] | + | * [[our_estimates_are_terrible|Our Estimates are Terrible!]] |
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