2025-07-10T01:34:06Z

Accurate effort estimates are contingent on eliminating all sources of surprise, and software development is particularly, if not uniquely full of surprises.

Charge an absurd amount of money.

Dorian Taylor

Just pad your estimates. Double, even triple them.

Only commit to doing well-rehearsed work with plenty of data about how much effort it takes.

People do succeed at beating deadlines derived from their effort estimates, so how do they pull it off?

Process Model Issues