16. @gil_zilberfeld
“It always takes longer
than you expect,
even when you take into
account
Hofstadter's Law”
Douglas Hofstadter
Professor of cognitive
science
17. @gil_zilberfeld
The estimation game
For each of the next 10 quantitative questions,
give a lower and an upper bound,
such that you believe with about 90%
certainty that the
correct answer lies within the interval given.
31. @gil_zilberfeld
1) 1847
2) 199 million
3) 115 meters
4) 20 million containers
5) 1486 747s
You can also split your content
6) 379 deaths
7) 286,000 refugees
8) 45 million hectoliters
9) 304 medals
10) 24 thousand years
How did you do?
35. @gil_zilberfeld
“The primary purpose of an
estimate is not to predict a
project’s outcome.
Steve McConnell, Software Estimation (2006)
It is to determine whether a
project’s targets are realistic
enough to allow the project
to be controlled to meet
them.”
43. @gil_zilberfeld
Liz Keogh’s complexity model
1. Just about everyone in the world has done
this.
2. Lots of people have done this, including
someone on our team.
3. Someone in our company has done this, or
we have access to expertise.
4. Someone in the world did this, but not in our
organization (and probably at a competitor).
5. Nobody in the world has ever done this
before.
51. @gil_zilberfeld
“Ignorance is the single
greatest impediment to
throughput.”
Dan North
https://dannorth.net/2010/08/30/introd
ucing-deliberate-discovery/
53. @gil_zilberfeld
We don’t need no stinking estimates!
ANY QUESTIONS?
You can find me at:
@gil_zilberfeld
http://www.GilZilberfeld.com
http://www.EverydayUnitTesting.com