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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <gwyn@arl...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] mk
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:41:44 GMT

Boyd Roberts wrote:
> john mackin used to have this theory called:
>    estimating by three's
> you think it'll take 1 hour, so say 3 hours.

My boss when I worked in a small interactive graphics software
house had made a similar observation.  However, it doesn't work
right unless you make an honest stab at estimating how long you
really think the job should take.  *Then* the supervisor should
multiply by three.