I’m invited by EuroSTAR this year to give a challenging talk about estimation.
The Awful Truth About Test Estimation – Have I been wrong all along?
Abstract
Throughout my career, I tried to make effort estimation reliable.
With colleagues, I created a formal approach linked to function point analysis. That didn’t catch on. Was it too difficult? I worked on an informal approach based on questions about size, strategy, resources, and etcetera. Still only small successes. Does “Garbage in, garbage out” apply? Have I been asking the wrong questions?
Please join me in my quest for the right questions to ask. Help me to deal with this once and for all and solve this issue through our collective experience and do what testers are good at: asking questions in search for an answer.
Video message
A new phenomenon is that you promote your talk in a video message. For those of you who do not follow EuroSTAR or visit the website regularly, please check my message here:
See you there!
If you are coming to Gotenborg and are interested in attending my talk, please register here
You can also do so by visiting this page on the EuroSTAR website: “W9 – The Awful Truth About Test Estimation”
Hope to see you in Gotenborg!
Ruud Teunissen 