> If you want buy-in, and better estimates, let the people that execute the work come up with the estimates. Then if the estimates are wrong, which they invariably will be, the team can only point their fingers at themselves.
Weird advice. But if you truly want better estimates, just ask an experienced outsider:
> "A similar finding is that experienced outsiders, who know less of the details, but who have relevant memory to draw upon, are often much less optimistic and much more accurate than the actual planners and implementers."[0]
Weird advice. But if you truly want better estimates, just ask an experienced outsider:
> "A similar finding is that experienced outsiders, who know less of the details, but who have relevant memory to draw upon, are often much less optimistic and much more accurate than the actual planners and implementers."[0]
[0] - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CPm5LTwHrvBJCa9h5/planning-f...