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Best Practices of Estimation Meetings

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best practices of estimation meetings remember that

  1. we are bad at estimating
    1. in particular when we have little experience
    2. hence the estimation most likely has a very high variability
      1. hence one could be tempted to add an estimated margin
        1. but that is another estimation…
  2. people tend to confuse estimations with engagement and create expectations, so make clear
    1. the distinction between expectation vs commitment,
    2. guestimate vs commitment,

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