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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by gilbetron on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:59AM (#38191280)
"we have never missed an estimate"

After 35+ years of software development, you are either lying, incompetent, or worked on exceedingly trivial software. Sorry to be harsh, but I can guarantee you that if you were given a significant software project, asked to estimate and then deliver, that the vast majority of the time your estimates would be wrong.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by JohnFen on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:41PM (#38194006)
They could also be greatly padding their estimates. When I estimate things, I take the amount of time I think it will require and double it. In my businesses, my partner would take my padded estimate and quadruple it. By doing that, we never blew past a deadline promised to a customer.
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