Estimates SucksLightning Talk

Who am I?

@_pedro_torres

Pedro Gustavo Torres

What is an estimate?

• An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something

How do you do it?

• Hours• Days• Months• Points• #NoEstimates

Estimates != Certainties

That’s why they suck!

• Managers love them… and Developers hate them

Why (supposedly) you need them?

• Roadmap purposes?

• “Go / No Go” to create something?

• To have deadlines?

Stop focusing on the wrong thing!

• Estimates don’t mean a lot• Estimates don’t bring value• Don’t decide based on hunches• Decide on ROI and Profit• When was the last time

something was aborted because the team told that it was going to take too long?

Do we really need estimates?

Thank you

Did I took 5 minutes? :P