Multiply your original estimate by 3, works most of the time
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Multiply your original estimate by 3, works most of the time
Montgomery Scott recommends 4 instead.
A friend suggests doubling the number and increasing to the next unit — hours become days, days become weeks, etc.
I've certainly seen some environments — plural — where a task that should take 1 hour actually takes 2 days, and one that should take 2 days takes 4 weeks.
> A friend suggests doubling the number and increasing to the next unit — hours become days, days become weeks, etc.
I don't know. Going from 8 hours => 16 days seems like quite the markup.