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Worked in and managed a few "Agile" teams. Never heard of a dev get punished for a bad estimate. Can you describe exactly what you mean?

• tetrisgm 5mo ago
  1. estimate this sprint. let's say it's 100 points. 2. oh no, you shipped 80 points. 3. "we need to better estimates": a) engineer spends more time trying to guess which direction the wind will blog b) engineer starts sandbagging estimates c) engineer changes nothing. looks bad next time the imaginary goal isn't met. "bob needs help estimating".
  • lmm 5mo ago
    > 3. "we need to better estimates" Push back on that. Agile says other things are more important.
  • BrissyCoder 5mo ago
    Yeah okay. Thanks for clarifying. I guess I thought when you said "punish" you meant something more dramatic!