Planning out software projects is hard. The bigger...

Planning out software projects is hard. The bigger the project, the more unknown unknowns there are. People get sick, emergency outages delay teams you partner with, the list goes on. When asked for an estimate, at the individual level in the process, give your best answer that you can commit to, knowing everything you know about yourself. You are in the best position to estimate your work, under-promise, over-deliver. " "" "At the very beginning, when new to a project or domain, start by doubling your initial estimate, and as you hit your dates, slowly reduce your estimate overhead. It’s best always to have some overhead, though, as there will always be delays for the most random of reasons. " "" "Set yourself up to succeed, not to be behind your self-created deadline! " "#bendevtip

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