I like the re-estimating idea.. I read that joelonsoftware article a while back and thought he had a good point with that..

What really gets me is the fact that (here, at least) I get told off for booking time on things like 'learning' (== keeping up to date on techniques etc. ), and told I should book it all on a project of some sort.. Fine by me, but that means I then need to over-estimate (which I cant, cos the current project got estimated by someone else, and there are no extra days, stupid tight time budgets), or run out of time and look bad.

Luckily, no UIs in this one, but some 'unknown techniques' which Ive had to learn first, those are the real pains..

(I should start doing re-estimates tho.. tho Im absolutely terrible at estimating time at all, or indeed remembering how long other similar things took me.. time to start making notes I guess..)

C.

In reply to Re: On Improving One's Estimates by castaway
in thread On Improving One's Estimates by dws

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