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Re:Forecast, don't guesstimate your software projects by dpenguin on Saturday June 13, 2020 @02:34AM (#23507326)
It could be because you are working on a brand new area every single “Sprint “(or equivalent). That’s not prudent assignment of resources(the manager should know this).

I have worked in companies where ownership is somewhat static(same few folks work on a given area of the product) and things get done within 10% of estimates (a lot of innovation too).

I have also worked in terms where ownership is fluid and “resources” get assigned to tasks. Nothing is now “estimatable”. Your experience is probably in line with the latter.

Re:Forecast, don't guesstimate your software projects by benhurmarcel on Saturday June 13, 2020 @07:33AM (#23508713)
> things get done within 10% of estimates

You can easily do that by estimating very wide and delaying the deliverables until the planned date.

Re:Forecast, don't guesstimate your software projects by dpenguin on Saturday June 13, 2020 @01:37PM (#23511105)
That’s cheating. No, that’s not what happened in that org though.