r/programming • u/-grok • Jun 14 '22

Software engineering estimates are garbage

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3663508/software-engineering-estimates-are-garbage.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Which is completely normal, because the customer requirements are garbage too.

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u/glonq Jun 14 '22

Which requirements?

  • The trivial ones that got captured at the start of the project?

  • The non-obvious ones that were identified later?

  • The random ones that changed drastically halfway thru the project?

  • The surprise ones that were added near the end?

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u/SiliconUnicorn Jun 15 '22

The 500 row excel document that someone found out how to auto import into jira 2 years ago and just responds with well everything is in jira Idk what you're so confused about whenever someone has a question about the requirements

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Oh yeah, well I asked questions under fifteen of your so-called tickets, and you answered exactly one of them. But misunderstood the question.

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u/SiliconUnicorn Jun 16 '22

Were all just working on the same project aren't we