[brightball]

Fwiw, there are some pretty prominent authors that suggest you are better off just counting the number of tasks in the queue and tracking the average time per task, rather than estimating at all.

It’s just as reliable since everything averages out over time and the queue size is a leading indicator while cycle time is a trailing indicator.

[geoelectric]

It also auto-calibrates to the typical granularity of your tasks, assume you decompose with similar concerns across the board.