[CTJUG Forum] Re: Estimates

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:16:28 -0800

Not that crazy actually.  The difference between normal coding and professional is usually 4x, documented in Mythical Man Month.  But that means you should not spend all your time coding, but also do JavaDocs, unit tests, refactoring, throwing out dead code, enforcing encapsulation, etc.
 

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Heinz
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Carl Olivier
Sent: 17 February 2006 13:07
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Subject: [CTJUG Forum] Re: Estimates

Heh.
 
The cry of coders down the ages.
 
Estimate to yourself (say 16 hours) - then double it (thus 32 hours) then double it again (64 hours) and quote that.  Haha - seems ott I know - but with scope changes, bad specs, etc - you will find it usually goes there anyways...
 
And if not - you look good!  Although if you always come in at half the estimate time this will also suck. :)
 
Don't use that all the time - but have in teh past -specifically for difficult clients ;)

Rgds,
 
Carl

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Mutonho
Sent: 17 February 2006 10:35
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Subject: [CTJUG Forum] Estimates

Project managers will always ask for estimates on the time a developer thinks he/she is gonna spend coding something.I know experience plays a major role in this , but generally speaking ,what techniques do you guys use?Any rules of thumb?Lies ,etc :) ?

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