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

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

I always base project scheules on eight-hour days even if I
expect that they will take more, so that the project schedule
shows resource "overcommits" already taking place at the 
start of the projects, before things start going wrong.  And
I try to set estimates based on past similar projects, as 
nothing ever seems to go "ideally."  In fact, my concept of
"ideal" is when things actually happen the way I predict
they will. :)

Gene KIm-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Borokowski" <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>

> Another version of this is to do project estimates,
> even if informally, based on eight hour days, and use
> that to show that the work won't happen without
> another person.
> 
> In my experience, it often makes sense to take the
> amount of time the task would ideally take and
> multiply it by four. Reality is a lot slower than we
> would like it to be (except on weekends).

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