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Send in your assignment specs, answer some of our questions, and
we'll give you a good estimate of how long it should really take.
For procastinators and people who always get it wrong... by far.
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This could be a free "service" if you just send an rfq to someone who charges outrageous hourly rates and see how long they say it will take. |
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How long will your estimate take? |
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I have unrealistic expectations. |
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Well I have experealistic unctations |
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You can get a topical cream for that now. |
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"The first ninety percent if the project takes ninety percent of the time. The last ten percent of the project takes the other ninety percent of the time." |
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I always thought the rule of thumb was take how long you reckon it will take to do, double it and then move up a time scale. Thus, you think it'll take a day, then say two weeks. Five hours? Then ten days.
It's always worked for me. |
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They tried that with the Space Shuttle. Didn't end well. |
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[Gordon] (+), thanks. The problem is that most of us give such
bad estimates, even after the 2*scaleup algorithm, that in the
end take upon ourselves stuff that can never really be done in
a lifetime. |
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So the key to giving an estimate is in your scope (which is narrow) and your assumptions (which are veldt like in scale). If you can make clear that your estimate is predicated on all interested parties other than yourself behaving like rational people instead of bonobos on benzedrine then you're golden. Of course the professional estimators will build these same assumptions and scope limits into what they give to you, which you will have to back to back to your own clients. |
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You always must factor in the snafu adjustments. |
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Wow [Gordon], you really are as old as time, I think. |
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[Bliss] My friends don't call me Methuselah for nothing. Come to think of it, they don't call me Methuselah. |
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