links for 2009-03-09
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Perhaps the biggest problem area for the software industry is the inability to accurately estimate work. However, this is only because people allow themselves to give out wild ass guesses on very coarse grained and undefined pieces of work.
For example, with fairly high confidence we can tell the difference between a 1 hour task and a 2 hour task, but it is improbable that someone can tell you the difference between a 34 hour task and a 35 hour task. Here in lies the answer, better estimation comes from estimating smaller bits of work.
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Now, that's what I call a stack of icons.
Posted on March 9, 2009