Comments on: Estimation anti-patterns

By: M Henley

M Henley — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:39:36 +0000

Take your actual estimate. Multiply by 2. Go up one unit of time.
So if you think 2 hours, say four days. Can someone give me a name
for this?

By: Chris Matts

Chris Matts — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:33:13 +0000

You forget the double act.

him: Exactly how many days will it take to develop all this?
me: 1327 days.
him: You are kidding?
me: You started it.

By: David Adsit

David Adsit — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:42:19 +0000

WRT Student Estimation, my experience is that, in our efforts to please managers/teammates/whoever, we developers tend to give our Best Case or Near Best Case Estimate as The Estimate. We hope to always be performing at our peak with no interruptions or problems. This is very much related to False Sense of Accuracy Estimation mentioned by Andy Marks.

By: Mark Heath

Mark Heath — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:00:52 +0000

Very funny. Target Estimation is the one I’ve encountered the most

By: Olaf Lewitz

Olaf Lewitz — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:59:08 +0000

You should definitely add Drunken Estimation to this list.
Then again, it might be too serious:-)
Love this list. Still as much as two years ago…
Wonder if this is one of the pieces you come back to every few years, like the MythicalManMonth.
Thanks!
Olaf

By: Ivar

Ivar — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:56:39 +0000

We-all-know-it’s-hours-estimation
When you estimate in “weights” but everyone secretly multiplies the figure with a constant amount of hours.

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By: Nino Wael

Nino Wael — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:55:10 +0000

Extremely funny. And sadly very realistic too.

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