Satyaprakash Joshii wrote:It is common to be asked to give estimation of a task. What is the proper way to answer...
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That is risky;Prasad Saya wrote:. . . one may not have all the information or requirments to arrive at a correct figure. Based on what information is available at that time one has to use it. . . .
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Satyaprakash Joshii wrote:thanks.
If my manager asks that how much time would I take for this task, he may be thinking mostly about time for coding but in actual the task may take time for coding and in addition time for some installation, configuration, resolving installation issue (if it arises), resolving issue if stuck with some issue while coding. So should I tell him my estimate is so and so hours and below that in the email I should write breakup of time estimate (number of hours for etc). Also while giving the status for the task should I tell the current status of the task and also let manager know that some of my time was spent in so that he is does not think that I took all this much time for coding.?
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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
So I like to estimate how much time I think it will take and triple it. It's often fairly close.
Satyaprakash Joshii wrote:
So I like to estimate how much time I think it will take and triple it. It's often fairly close.
But if I think it will take me 5 days and I say 15 days , would my manager not say "15 days ? We do not have that much time" OR "15 days for this task? why so much time? ".
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Consider Paul's rocket mass heater. |