How to respond when you are asked for an estimate?
How to respond when you are asked for an estimate? You have had no time to analyse requirements, workshop with stakeholders, validate assumptions. A wide range tells the recipient of the estimate "Software projects are naturally complex and risky - if you want a proper estimate you need to give me more details and more time". Do you make assumptions when answering estimation questions? When you’re answering a difficult estimation question without the help of outside resources, you’ll end up making simplifying assumptions. Again, the point is not to be correct in your assumptions, but to be thoughtful about how...