Re: People don't see problems that don't happen

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

That would be a good idea if you only have one project to account
for, but when every person is splitting time between multiple projects,
an "eight hour project day" may consist of four hours of John, three 
of Mary and one of Bob.  Most projects I plan are based on eight 
hour days, and if I think one's going to require ten hour days, I call 
that eight hours with a 25% overcommit, not a ten hour day.  And 
there's hardly every a time when nobody in the group is overcomitted.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Philbrick" <caslon -at- alltel -dot- net>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: People don't see problems that don't happen


> I would go with six-hour days for estimating, depending on your
> environment. 
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