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Re:Why software projects take longer than you think – a stat... by mcherm on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @09:55AM (#19673613)
> People want ‘estimates’ at all costs, tell you to not worry about any accuracy, and then a week later tell your manager you committed to x date.

I like to handle this problem by providing an estimate RANGE.

Re:Why software projects take longer than you think – a stat... by Aeolun on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:58PM (#19678731)
That doesn’t really matter. In these cases you often have information akin to ‘we want a webshop’, so you estimate something more or less reasonable, then a few weeks later you find out they actually meant ‘we want a duplicate of Amazon’.
Re:Why software projects take longer than you think – a stat... by TheHypnotist on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:12AM (#19674322)
Typically when we need something budgetary from a vendor we use the +/- 50% rule. That shouldn't be hard not to screw up.