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Subject:Re: How long does it take you? From:George Allaman <gallama -at- LOOKOUT -dot- ECTE -dot- USWC -dot- USWEST -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:09:52 -0700
On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Wolf Lahti wrote:
> Tracy Boyington said
> >
> >How do you estimate how long it will take to complete a project? What
> >criteria do you use? What are your benchmarks?
> I've always been terrible at estimating time to complete a project or any
> portion of one. Fortunately this hasn't been a problem because I'm
> apparently speedier than average. Former managers have given me assignments
> that they estimate would take, for instance, three days to a week, and I've
> typically had it done for them in a matter of hours.
> However nice this may be, it does not contribute to a good sense of task
> estimating.
And you're telling us this because...?
(Sorry, Wolf! Couldn't resist the temptation for a friendly poke in the
ribs.)
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