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From: matt <matt@proweb.co.uk>
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To: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re[2]: [9fans] mk
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:13:33 +0100
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Hello Douglas,

Friday, April 27, 2001, 3:41:44 PM, you wrote:

DAG> Boyd Roberts wrote:
>> john mackin used to have this theory called:
>>    estimating by three's
>> you think it'll take 1 hour, so say 3 hours.

DAG> My boss when I worked in a small interactive graphics software
DAG> house had made a similar observation.  However, it doesn't work
DAG> right unless you make an honest stab at estimating how long you
DAG> really think the job should take.  *Then* the supervisor should
DAG> multiply by three.

works good if you know he does it and you get your multiplication in
first


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