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jacques_chester
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Software Effort Estimation Considered Harmful
> I have seen estimation and tight project control taking up substantially more time than delivering actual features.
It sounds to me that what you saw was a conflation of
estimates
and
plans
. Which is a common error.
reedlaw
on Aug 17, 2012
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Clients sometimes want an estimate of how long a single feature or fix will take, even when it will take only 15 minutes. The communication overhead and time spent estimating easily outweigh the time to implement.
jacques_chester
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I'm ... not sure what this proves?
reedlaw
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Nothing, just an explanation of what I meant by estimate.
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It sounds to me that what you saw was a conflation of estimates and plans. Which is a common error.