Painless Software Schedules

3 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah but how do you determine if a timescale is unrealistic? Programmer X might be able to implement a component in 5 days and Programmer Y might take 10. Which is the realistic timescale?

Bleatings from TechEd btw, what a shame your employers didn't see fit to send you out here :)

July 06, 2005 7:28 AM  

Simon said...

They're both realistic. The idea is that the developer estimates the timescale, because the developer is likely to have a more accurate idea of how long they will take.

Yeah, TechEd would be fun, but after my last job, I've got out of the habit of asking for even a day out to a free MSDN event.

July 06, 2005 1:35 PM  

willCode4Beer said...

For those not wanting to depend on Excel I tossed together a version that uses XML/XSL using a web browser to do the transformation.
http://willcode4beer.com/design.jsp?set=sched
Its pretty simple (read trivial) but, my goal was to have something I spend minimal time maintaining.

October 16, 2006 9:45 PM  

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