https://www.craigpardey.com/tags/estimating/ Recent content in Estimating on Craig Pardey Hugo en Sun, 25 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.craigpardey.com/post/2014-05-25-he-who-estimates-implements/ Sun, 25 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.craigpardey.com/post/2014-05-25-he-who-estimates-implements/ <blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;ve been over the high-level requirements and think it&rsquo;ll probably take 8 weeks with 2 developers, so you should be able to deliver this by X.</p> </blockquote> <p>Well, that&rsquo;s great. Can I presume that you&rsquo;re one of the two developers working on it? I didn&rsquo;t think so.</p> <p>Nothing irks me more than being handed a batch of work along with the timeline for delivering it. If you want to estimate my work for me, then you can also go ahead and build it.</p>