Utilizing research by professional poker player Annie Duke, we’ll explore how to better understand the ambiguity that exists in estimations engineers provide. Doing so will allow your teams to better deliver, with more accurate estimates.
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How many times have you received an accurate estimate from the engineers you work with? Likely, you can count the answer on one hand. With increasing pressure to deliver in organizations today, being able to develop more accurate estimation ability within our projects is paramount.
What if there was one key question you’re missing that could greatly improve the way you work with your teams to better understand the scope of ambiguity that exists in their estimation?
Using research about estimating by professional poker player Annie Duke, we’ll explore how to better uncover and, ultimately, reduce ambiguity within a project. You’ll walk away with a new way to work with your team that won’t exactly give you all the answers, but it will give you a new found ability to steer into the ambiguity with more clarity. This, ultimately, will allow you to better predict timelines and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
Key takeaways
- Guidelines on how to facilitate an estimation discussion with your team
- A key question used to define how much ambiguity there is in an estimation
- Follow up questions that enable you to dig deeper in understanding the ambiguity
