Presstimate:
The number you give to get a manager off your back when you’re being hassled to give an estimate; Your best guess of what estimate of effort management will accept, not how long the work will actually take.
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- xflibble: @distributedlife Is there a framework for developer mocks?
- xflibble: @jamesladd things work better if the recipients feel responsible also.
- xflibble: @lisacrispin I'll let you know how mine goes :-) Probably do know people that describe some though. Will take time to dig. Nag me via email?
- xflibble: @lisacrispin also saying that automation projects make sense sometimes. Also, all software dev. is not the same.
- xflibble: @lisacrispin Sure, I was saying that on a greenfields project, an automation project would be silly...
- xflibble: @lisacrispin Put another way, I'm picking up a project that's run for five years and has no test tooling. I may run fixing that as a project
- xflibble: @lisacrispin Not everyone works on greenfields projects. And you can find technical/domain specialisation in software dev...
- xflibble: @hogfish @QualityFrog Indeed. Estimates: Crutches for those that can't manage (not to say they don't have uses)...
- xflibble: @RedHillBrewery got one in early...
- xflibble: @haruki_zaemon Unfiltered beer makes beer a whole food...Coopers ftw!