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Mike and Aaron worked together with developers they trust early on to get an initial time estimate. They treat it as a budget. And they actively manage it. With every small piece the team builds, they can measure how long that piece took to build. They treat what they’ve built as spending against their budget. They may find that they’re halfway through their budgeted time, but only a third of the way through building the feature. Certainly they didn’t expect that, but now they’re aware and they can do something about it. They could borrow some budget from other features they’re working on. Or ...more
Matthew Kern
I like that idea. Here is a "budget." Let's see what our spend rate is, so we can either cinch the belt somehow or ask mom and dad for more money.
User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product
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