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Task estimation (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You know, maybe we shouldn't be taking estimation advice from a 1980s science fiction movie that amounts to a systematic method of lying.

Yes, I've used it before. Yes, you can hopefully have everything average out in the end. Yes, project managers demand estimates. None of these are good reasons to back up how fundamentally flawed it is.