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		bippi on May 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Eternal Struggle Between Business and Programm... I applaud the thought, but then they have to have an estimate of how long the estimate will take... which often ends-up wrong.

etler on May 15, 2014 [–]

That's true :) But at least the absolute amount wrong will be hours or days, instead of weeks or months. Also, you can leave it a bit more vague and just say "I need to explore the problem space a bit before giving an estimate".

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