Lesstimating
In between Estimating and NoEstimates.
Clarke Ching likes Lesstimating.
- uses it in the context of Critical Chain planning
- For me, the biggest benefit of sizing & estimating is learning enough to decide to NOT do something. Cheaper than a Spike Solution.
The biggest reason I use estimates is to help catch differing unstated beliefs about how complicated something is, it triggers a conversation, which can lead to...
The second reason is to drop a story, or scope-reduce. "Oh, I didn't realize the idea was that hard/expensive. It's not worth it."
And I encourage using time for estimates, because it anchors the conversation in reality. Since we're just ball-parking, using a powers-of-2 kinda scale is reasonable.
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