Tag: estimates

Why is Estimating so Hard?

Why is Estimating so Hard? | 8th Light. Accurate estimation really doesn’t have much to do with guesswork. Well, it does, but it also has to do with self-awareness to a certain degree. This article is really eye opening in that we often distort our estimates because we base them on how we think, not […]

Posted: April 24, 2012

Why you suck at estimating – a lesson in psychology

muonlab » Why you suck at estimating – a lesson in psychology. Estimation is often the programmer’s bane of existence. It’s the worst part of any project for any of us, and it’s something we’ve all been burned by at some point. I often try to glean insight from other industries that deal with the […]

Posted: April 17, 2012