"NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I was going to post pics in apbw but didn't think people would appreciate
> having to thumb through 25 pics so I created a webpage.
> http://users.adelphia.net/~wchathaway/project1.html
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> Will
>
Very nicely done, Will! Your customer should really be satisfied.
Vic
Good questions. There were a few things that caused the project to go over
the estimated time. First was my inexperience in estimating. Second was a
very particular customer. Third, I didn't consider the time it would take
to design the job, work out the details, etc. as well as how many frickin
trips it took to the local borgs, lumber yard, etc... I guess the third
relates back to the first. So mainly yes, it was my inexperience. I do
like your method of estimating. I originally estimated 3 weeks so by your
method, it should have taken 6 months but only took 2 so in reality, I came
in 4 months ahead of schedule. :-) Too bad I priced it according to the 3
weeks. ha
Thanks for the comments.
Will
> But actually what I got is questions: was there any one thing that ate up
> more time than you thought? Was it just inexperience at estimating, or was
> it surprises? What were they? :-)
>
> In one programming training class one of the handouts was a method for
> estimating a project: figure out how much time it should take, then double
> it and increase the time unit to the next larger one. Thus, a four-hour
job
> will take 8 days and a two-day job will take four weeks.
>
> I taped it to the office door but my supervisor made me take it down.
On Thu 05 May 2005 03:21:02p, "NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]>
wrote in news:[email protected]:
> Comments welcomed.
Comment is that it ended up looking pretty good.
But actually what I got is questions: was there any one thing that ate up
more time than you thought? Was it just inexperience at estimating, or was
it surprises? What were they? :-)
In one programming training class one of the handouts was a method for
estimating a project: figure out how much time it should take, then double
it and increase the time unit to the next larger one. Thus, a four-hour job
will take 8 days and a two-day job will take four weeks.
I taped it to the office door but my supervisor made me take it down.