From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3AE97B12.2F14FEC1@arl.army.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <007801c0ccba$1bba4730$95b9c6d4@SOMA>, <02ee01c0ceae$2dbfcdb0$e8b7c6d4@SOMA> Subject: Re: [9fans] mk Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:41:44 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 94918e06-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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. My boss when I worked in a small interactive graphics software house had made a similar observation. However, it doesn't work right unless you make an honest stab at estimating how long you really think the job should take. *Then* the supervisor should multiply by three.