Do your resources approve estimates?
Steven Souther
I train & consult with PMOs to remove chaos, reduce costs, and improve services ROI. Contact me for free consultation & assessment.
There are many methods used to estimate the effort required to complete a task. Regardless of the method used, the resource should approve the estimate before the task is released.
When the resource approves the estimate, they have bought in, are planning for success, and have a good physiological mindset at the onset. If the resource is forced to accept someone else’s estimate they are justified when they fail—after all, it is someone else’s estimate, not theirs.
The resource is best equipped to make the estimate as they will be doing the work. If they have done the task before, the estimate should be reliable.
If the task is new to the resource, the estimate will tend to be high, as it should be. This serves as natural risk mitigation, which it good.
Each day, the resource should provide an updated “remaining effort". As the resource gets experience with the task, the new estimates will become more and more accurate.
Electrical Engineering | Project Engineering Management | Asset Integrity Management @Var Energi
5 年Fact! The task owner should be responsible for the basis of the estimate. His input is highly important. He definitely needs to have the final management estimate approved before the task is released for take off. Great piece! #Taskowner
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5 年"approve the estimate before the task is released"...very well said Steven.