> All my estimations are off by 2-200 times. Basically they’re useless.
I know, hyperboles and all, but if your initial estimate for a task is 1 week but you end up requiring 4 years to deliver it then something went terribly wrong, and asking your for estimates ain't it.
Even story points scope tasks with granularities that range different orders of magnitude for this reason. One day, one week, epic/spike. It's ok if one day means 4 days, or one week means two. If one day turns to 3 years then the developer was completely clueless and unfit to continue working on the project.
I know, hyperboles and all, but if your initial estimate for a task is 1 week but you end up requiring 4 years to deliver it then something went terribly wrong, and asking your for estimates ain't it.
Even story points scope tasks with granularities that range different orders of magnitude for this reason. One day, one week, epic/spike. It's ok if one day means 4 days, or one week means two. If one day turns to 3 years then the developer was completely clueless and unfit to continue working on the project.