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Let me share with you what 30+ years writing software have taught me about esti… |
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Post #AwmjtbQqM5K4OUDUXI by [email protected] |
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First, some credentials. My dad started writing software in the 60s and worked … |
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Let me also say I really appreciate the *desire* for estimates. I just took a t… |
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One of the bits that really stuck with me from it pointed out that most projec… |
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My response to this was to learn various estimation processes that could produc… |
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Post #AwmjtfyJTaTKTRuHGC by [email protected] |
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But then in the late 90s I started hearing about a new set of methods, like FDD… |
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The short version is that the Agile movement failed. It was successful in terms… |
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You can tell it failed because the pathologies of the two main processes of the… |
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Post #AwmjtjMsqguP0WQRTU by [email protected] |
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So if bosses want good estimates, why do we have 30 years of not adopting the p… |
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Post #AwmjtkU0hgCgSuleDo by [email protected] |
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Is this, from the engineering perspective, deranged? Yes. But part of that perf… |
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Post #AwmjtlbUXLmXwPH8WO by [email protected] |
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I think the right answer depends a ton on circumstances. But what has worked fo… |
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Post #AwmjtmjgKNvZS67BvU by [email protected] |
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One important need is feelings of control. Creating an arbitrary date and then … |
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Another important need is performance of control. They might say something like… |
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Sometimes, a performance of control may really require producing a formal estim… |
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Post #AwmjtqDvMOtwGlHsyu by [email protected] |
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So, summing up: software estimates are bad and wrong because even people asking… |
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Post #AwmlNvevobgzlkpZBY by [email protected] |
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@williampietri A colleague used to be fond of saying, about estimates:The point… |
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Post #AwmlP0CuOK5SAFEdJA by [email protected] |
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@williampietri Great thread, this quote in particular:« Managerialism is abou… |
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Post #AwmlPtrZSqIEmHgNpA by [email protected] |
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@JMMaok Thanks! A hard-won lesson for me! |
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Post #AwmlQt8Lf4xUnz08wa by [email protected] |
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@williampietri this is really good |
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@julesbl Thanks! Is there any particular part that resonated for you? |
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@williampietri I’ve made a similar journey and come to the same conclusion, e… |
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@mikaellundin Ah, that's perfect!The way you work reminds me of Mary Poppe… |
