About Estimates

03/02/2023 34 min Episodio 34
About Estimates

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About EstimatesEstimates are a nasty subject, Andreas doesn't know how to handle it.Fortunately, Lars has one weird trick, which doctors hate.When you have plenty of control, estimates can be useful.Not useful: unexplained deadlines.Finally: when things get stuck. (Lars is usually available to blame.)(In an alternate timeline, Andreas' tells us everything his relatives taught him about quark cake.)LinksDeadlines whooshing pastThe XKCD about determining if you're in a national park, and check if your photo is of a birdBasecampShape upElmZenos' paradoxes - you can't run past a tortoiseThe travelling salesman problemNP-complete problemsCRUDLean manufacturingQuotesTheir due dates, their deadlinesI have this one weird trick, that doctors hateA constraint for the workThe magnitude of the taskSome real dumb things, and some very decent ideasSkate curveThe smallest unit is always a dayNot agile enoughSlightly confused and maybe a little bit sadIf you think that's a map (, I think you're using it wrong)Assorted concernsYou can't run past a tortoiseYou can always split a cake in twoQuark cakeAccelerate a cakeA fixed estimate on the travelling salesman problemUsually available to blame