Comments on: Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method. http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/ Ideas for building efficient developers and software Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: links for 2009-03-09 | Iona.LABS http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4406 links for 2009-03-09 | Iona.LABS Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:19:48 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4406 [...] Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method. 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. [...] [...] Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method. 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. [...]

]]> By: Julio http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4356 Julio Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:01:50 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4356 Very good! We started with this (more than 2 days is "too big to tell") and it's been working great. A year or so ago we introduced half size index cards, and amazingly enough (wasn't the intent) only very rarely do we have stories bigger than one day. I like to think it was because of the size of the cards, and the fact that you can't write that much in them, but maybe it's just because we got better. Very good! We started with this (more than 2 days is “too big to tell”) and it’s been working great. A year or so ago we introduced half size index cards, and amazingly enough (wasn’t the intent) only very rarely do we have stories bigger than one day.

I like to think it was because of the size of the cards, and the fact that you can’t write that much in them, but maybe it’s just because we got better.

]]> By: links for 2009-03-09 | Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4346 links for 2009-03-09 | Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:03:25 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4346 [...] del.icio.us Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method. 43 Creative Examples Of High Quality Free Icon Design A Fresh Blog Theme On The 960 Grid | My Ink [...] [...] del.icio.us Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method. 43 Creative Examples Of High Quality Free Icon Design A Fresh Blog Theme On The 960 Grid | My Ink [...]

]]> By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for March 9, 2009 http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4324 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for March 9, 2009 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:50:40 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4324 [...] Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method - Max Pool ‘ Here in lies the answer, better estimation comes from estimating smaller bits of work ‘ [...] [...] Suck At Estimation? Use The 2 Day Crutch Method – Max Pool ‘ Here in lies the answer, better estimation comes from estimating smaller bits of work ‘ [...]

]]> By: Paul Bourdeaux http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4323 Paul Bourdeaux Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:20:27 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4323 Good blog. We find ourselves doing exactly this when we use planning poker. If a task is estimated at 20+ ideal man hours, then it needs to be broken up into smaller tasks. The highest estimation I like to see is 13, meaning we think this task will take more than 8 hours but less than 20... Good blog. We find ourselves doing exactly this when we use planning poker. If a task is estimated at 20+ ideal man hours, then it needs to be broken up into smaller tasks.

The highest estimation I like to see is 13, meaning we think this task will take more than 8 hours but less than 20…

]]> By: Kris Brixon http://www.codesqueeze.com/suck-at-estimation-use-the-2-day-crutch-method/#comment-4316 Kris Brixon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:31:12 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/?p=682#comment-4316 Totally agree. When I ask for estimates from my developers, each task must be between 2 hours and 2 days. Any tasks under 2 hours need to be grouped together and any tasks over 2 days need to be split apart. Totally agree. When I ask for estimates from my developers, each task must be between 2 hours and 2 days. Any tasks under 2 hours need to be grouped together and any tasks over 2 days need to be split apart.

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