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by Franco Martinig.
Original Post: Using Budget Instead of Estimates in Agile
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Budget-based project management is an alternative to classic estimates that has some following in the Agile community. In their book “Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve your User Stories”, Gojko Adzic and David Evans, discusses how using a budget instead of estimates can help to deliver better projects.
Detailed estimation works against the whole idea of flexible scope, but many companies we work with fall into a common trap when they insist on work duration estimates. ‘We are terrified of uncertainty – we would rather be wrong than uncertain,’ said Dan North ...
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