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by Hominem 5554 days ago
I am asked to give estimates all the time, sometimes based on something like "A guy down the hall says it crashed, how long will it take you to fix." or "Bob wants a portal site". So I've come up with a method that works for me. Add together hours based on what things I will need to fiddle with to get it to work.

•Involves strange business practice I will have to figure out or gleen from area experts +5h

•I didn't write the code +5h

•Involves something like wcf or msmq +3h

•It is a "it is too slow" bug +3h

•Involves stored procedures +2h

•Involves 3rd party UI component +10h and so on, and so on.