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I Estimate This Talk is 20 Minutes (Give or take 10)

I Estimate This Talk is 20 Minutes (Give or take 10)

Madison Ruby, 2015

Noel Rappin

August 21, 2015
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  1. Intentionally Vague Slide Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  2. How far do you live from an airport? Noel Rappin,

    Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  3. I live !" minutes from one Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  4. If I'm in a car And the weather is good

    And it's not rush hour And I don't blow a tire Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  5. Failing any of these makes my trip longer Noel Rappin,

    Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  6. Estimation and Trust (I estimate this talk is 20 minutes,

    give or take 10) Noel Rappin, Table XI Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  7. I am an idiosyncratic crank about estimates Noel Rappin, Estimates

    and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  8. Are software developers uniquely bad at estimates? Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  9. Ever done a home remodel? Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

    Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  10. Big Dig Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  11. Initial cost estimate $5.8 billion !!!!!! Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  12. Final cost: $21.93 billion And counting... !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! Noel Rappin,

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  13. It's not just our problem Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  14. Why do we need to estimate? Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  15. What about #noestimates? Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  16. I'll stop estimating when my clients stop asking Noel Rappin,

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  17. Communication Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015.

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  18. Estimating Projects: Communicates client investment Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  19. Estimating Projects: Allows us to gauge progress Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  20. Estimating Projects: Enables us to think about the problem Noel

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  21. Estimating Projects Badly: Sets unrealistic expectations Noel Rappin, Estimates and

    Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  22. Estimating Projects Badly: Encourages micromanaging Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  23. Estimating Projects Badly: Stops us from thinking about the problem

    Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  24. Estimating at the beginning is the worst Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  25. Like guessing time to the airport if you don't even

    know where the airport is Or if you even need to fly... Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  26. How can we estimate Effectively? Ethically? Noel Rappin, Estimates and

    Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  27. Estimating projects vs. Estimating features Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

    Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  28. Nobody really cares about estimating features Noel Rappin, Estimates and

    Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  29. They only care about when users can use stuff Noel

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  30. Feature estimates are only useful to get you to project

    estimates Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  31. A quick sidebar of agile terms Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  32. Feature Story Iteration Point Velocity Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  33. Kind of a theory of ethical estimates Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  34. Estimates are estimates Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  35. Estimates are probabilistic Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  36. Chance of rain: 50% ☔ Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  37. What makes estimates bad? Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison

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  38. We can make bad assumptions Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  39. Misunderstanding the problem Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  40. Scope Creep Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  41. Unknown complexity Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  42. Rework Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015.

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  43. Developers are optimists Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  44. Sometimes there is pressure Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison

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  45. The map is not the terrain Noel Rappin, Estimates and

    Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  46. Can we do better? Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison

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  47. Focus on what we're good at Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  48. Avoid false precision Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  49. What goes into the amount of calendar time a feature

    takes? Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  50. Complexity of the task Skill of the developer Time on

    task Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  51. We are bad at estimating time on task Noel Rappin,

    Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  52. But it tends to be consistent over time Noel Rappin,

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  53. Skill of the developer Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison

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  54. We're also not that great at estimating this Noel Rappin,

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  55. And it's toxic Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  56. But it tends to be consistent over time Noel Rappin,

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  57. We are pretty good at estimating complexity Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  58. Which is to say ! ⚪ ! Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  59. Estimate complexity and let time sort itself out Noel Rappin,

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  60. The humble point Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  61. Time on task and relative skill average out Noel Rappin,

    Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  62. Which is like basing our airport estimate on: Distance to

    airport Average speed in the past Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  63. Consistency Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015.

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  64. Of team size Of story makeup Of environment Noel Rappin,

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  65. Decomposing the problem into similar size chunks helps Noel Rappin,

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  66. Requires Time Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  67. How do I estimate at the beginning of a project?

    Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  68. The worst way to estimate (except for all the other

    ways) Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  69. Fake it Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  70. Don't fake knowledge Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  71. Don't spend time chasing precision Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  72. Realize that your output is a range Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  73. Split the tasks as best you can Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  74. Assign points 1: easy, less than a day 3: has

    complexity or risk 5: has a lot more complexity or risk Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  75. Don't spend a lot of time assigning points to a

    single task Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  76. Round up Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby |

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  77. At the beginning (and only at the begining) You can

    range estimate stories Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  78. Range of points Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby

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  79. load factor (5 - 7 hours per point) Noel Rappin,

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  80. Low point total * low factor High point total *

    high factor Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap
  81. points * factor = hours hours * rate = estimate

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  82. Present this with humility Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust, Madison

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  83. Understand that this will change Noel Rappin, Estimates and Trust,

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  84. You are headed to the airport together Noel Rappin, Estimates

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  85. Thanks Image credits 4 http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/ historical/big-dig/ Noel Rappin, Estimates and

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  86. Noel Rappin (@noelrap) Table XI http://www.noelrappin.com/trdd http://pragprog.com/book/nrtest2 http://www.patreon.com/noelrap Noel Rappin,

    Estimates and Trust, Madison Ruby | 2015. http://www.noelrappin.com | http://www.tablexi.com | @noelrap