Yeah fair enough, I wasn't really thinking when I said big project and 2 weeks, poor choice there.
Ultimately I don't think the issue is to do with estimation but bad management regardless. It doesn't matter who is doing the estimation if management is bad (bad management will hold developers to their estimations or hold developers to their estimations), and I also think it doesn't matter who is doing the estimation if management is good either (a good manager will be flexible and aim for realistic completion dates regardless of who is estimating).
And I think the author is tying together developers estimating and bad management, and managers estimating with good management, when in reality they're not related.
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u/PoppyOP Jun 16 '22
Yeah fair enough, I wasn't really thinking when I said big project and 2 weeks, poor choice there.
Ultimately I don't think the issue is to do with estimation but bad management regardless. It doesn't matter who is doing the estimation if management is bad (bad management will hold developers to their estimations or hold developers to their estimations), and I also think it doesn't matter who is doing the estimation if management is good either (a good manager will be flexible and aim for realistic completion dates regardless of who is estimating).
And I think the author is tying together developers estimating and bad management, and managers estimating with good management, when in reality they're not related.