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Discussion on: How to estimate a task?

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Rense Bakker

Estimations are generally useless, because work just needs to be done and an arbitrary point system doesn't change anything about that. It's just a convenience metric for product owners to throw sand in the eyes of higher management and then blame the developers when it backfires. Or if you have evil team members, it can be a way for them to make you look bad, by constantly challenging your estimates.