Estimation, and Incentives
Estimating sucks, doesn’t it? I mean, sitting through those sprint planning meetings is, easily, the worst part of the job, right? Or wait, maybe those endless discussions about what exactly a story point is, those , are the worst part of the job. Or maybe trying to figure out whether you should switch to T-shirt instead of story points, maybe that’s the worst part. /via http://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/BusinessAnalystHumor/tabid/218/ID/2388/How_do_you_estimate_your_Business_Analysis_or_IT_project_work.aspx Spend any time in product/development circles, and you’ll run into (a lot of?) people who wear their loathing for estimation as a badge of honor, who swap horror stories in hushed tones, and reflexively glance over their shoulders when they do so. What’s more, there is a bit of an implicit assumption that estimates are all just Dartboard Games anyhow, because, in the end, you’re just guessing… Hyperbole? Yes. And also no, because there is definitely ...