I have found the double principle always works quite well and ends ups accurate enough to keep all parties satisfied. Do all your research, planning, etc and finally take that bottom line number and double it. So, if you say a project will take 5 working days to complete, present it as a 10 day project. This allows time for unanticipated factors, and allows a little extra time to clean and tighten up the final product. I have consistently found this to allow me enough (yet not too much extra) time to complete a task properly and has given the end users/customers a satisfied feeling of time allotment.
Cheers, Barry Rogen PNY Technologies, Inc. Senior Programmer/Analyst (973) 515 - 9700 ext 5327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. t. roosevelt ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] Estimating Timelines I've been meaning to blog on this for a while, thanks for the opportunity: removepleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog/general/2008/03/estimates1.html > From: John Rodgers > Speaking for myself, ... today's > applications are so complex that all the dependencies are > impossible to forecast. It is not a question of lying - it > is a question of trying to anticipate the worst case. The first > estimate you give is the only one that "management" (your > customers) will ever remember. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ 10/3/2008NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING NOTHING IN THIS E-MAIL, IN ANY E-MAIL THREAD OF WHICH IT MAY BE A PART, OR IN ANY ATTACHMENTS THERETO, SHALL CONSTITUTE A BINDING CONTRACT, OR ANY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION BY PNY, OR ANY INTENT TO ENTER INTO ANY BINDING OBLIGATIONS, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY ENACTMENT OF THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT, THE FEDERAL E-SIGN ACT, OR ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OF SIMILAR SUBSTANCE OR EFFECT. THIS EMAIL MESSAGE, ITS CONTENTS AND ATTACHMENTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO REPRESENT AN OFFER OR ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT. NOTHING IN THIS E-MAIL, IN ANY E-MAIL THREAD OF WHICH IT MAY BE A PART, OR IN ANY ATTACHMENTS THERETO SHALL ALTER THIS DISCLAIMER. This e-mail message from PNY Technologies, Inc. is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
