How long will this really take?
A range instead of a hope, built from the parts and from how long it took you last time.
- When to use
- Before you promise a date, or when your estimates keep coming in at half the real time.
- Time
- 5 min
The prompt
I need to estimate how long will take. My gut says . Before you give a number, ask me up to three questions, one at a time, including how long something similar took the last time I did it. Then break the job into parts and estimate each one, counting the parts people forget: setup, waiting on others, checking and fixing. Give me a range with a most likely figure, not a single number. Compare it with my gut estimate and explain the gap. Say which part of your estimate is least certain and what I could find out to narrow it.
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