http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2007/02/estimating-tasks-how-much-time-is-in-your-day.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2007/02/estimating-tasks-how-much-time-is-in-your-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-542 Babu Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:22:29 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=7992#comment-542 I used to get into this loop way too often. I am now using time boxing and running weekly sprints. I <a href="http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2006/12/25/scrum_for_self.html">track all these in an Excel sheet</a>. Has worked out for me very well. I used to get into this loop way too often. I am now using time boxing and running weekly sprints. I track all these in an Excel sheet. Has worked out for me very well.

]]> http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2007/02/estimating-tasks-how-much-time-is-in-your-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-541 Pawel Brodzinski Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:19:51 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=7992#comment-541 It appears that you do the "real work" about a half of the day on average. Few months ago I tried to make <a href="http://managee.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-to-improve-your-scheduling.html">similar estimate</a>, but coming from different place (counting the time which is "wasted") and I came with a very similar result. It appears that you do the “real work” about a half of the day on average. Few months ago I tried to make similar estimate, but coming from different place (counting the time which is “wasted”) and I came with a very similar result.

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