About Estimates Estimates 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.) Links Deadlines whooshing past The XKCD about determining if you're in a national park, and check if your photo is of a bird Basecamp Shape up Elm Zenos' paradoxes - you can't run past a tortoise The travelling salesman problem NP-complete problems CRUD Lean manufacturing Quotes Their due dates, their deadlines I have this one weird trick, that doctors hate A constraint for the work The magnitude of the task Some real dumb things, and some very decent ideas Skate curve The smallest unit is always a day Not agile enough Slightly confused and maybe a little bit sad If you think that's a map (, I think you're using it wrong) Assorted concerns You can't run past a tortoise You can always split a cake in two Quark cake Accelerate a cake A fixed estimate on the travelling salesman problem Usually available to blame
