Comments on: Shut Them All Down, Artoo! http://www.dwstratton.com/2010/03/shut-them-all-down-artoo/ Where life, art and passion come into Focus Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thom http://www.dwstratton.com/2010/03/shut-them-all-down-artoo/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Thom Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:35:04 +0000 http://www.dwstratton.com/?p=106#comment-15 Another benefit if documenting your reasoning is that it will make it easier to rework your estimates once hard (firm? semi-squishy?) data becomes available, as you'll know where to plug the info into your calculations. One thing that sometimes works for me is to break the task down enough to identify the key piece that I'm missing. There's often some lynch-pin that makes all the rest of it easier when completed. Another benefit if documenting your reasoning is that it will make it easier to rework your estimates once hard (firm? semi-squishy?) data becomes available, as you’ll know where to plug the info into your calculations.

One thing that sometimes works for me is to break the task down enough to identify the key piece that I’m missing. There’s often some lynch-pin that makes all the rest of it easier when completed.

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