> Saying "I don't know" when asked "How long will it take" or "When will it be done"
~5 years experience speaking: How do you do this?
I have a very good boss and he knows things, objectively, like "estimates are very squishy," and "developers suck at estimating time" etc. But he still demands time estimates to give clients.
Our clients are often agencies, and they get it as well.
I do estimates like "10-40 hours, depending on XYZ (things I don't know)" sometimes and it doesn't really raise any eyebrows. That may as well say "I don't know."
Are you better than this? Do you just outright refuse or do you have some way you handle it?
~5 years experience speaking: How do you do this?
I have a very good boss and he knows things, objectively, like "estimates are very squishy," and "developers suck at estimating time" etc. But he still demands time estimates to give clients.
Our clients are often agencies, and they get it as well.
I do estimates like "10-40 hours, depending on XYZ (things I don't know)" sometimes and it doesn't really raise any eyebrows. That may as well say "I don't know."
Are you better than this? Do you just outright refuse or do you have some way you handle it?