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Use of Task Estimate & Correction


Chris Barlock (18814738) | asked Mar 03 '10, 11:02 a.m.
What is the proper way to use the Task Correction field? Let's say I estimate a task at 2d. Later, it looks like maybe a day and a half. I enter 12h in the Correction field. When I finally complete the task and it only took me 6h, do I go in again and set the correction to 6h before I mark the task complete?

Thanks!

Chris

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Eric Clark (11) | answered Feb 22 '13, 8:41 a.m.
I hate to be the guy answering a 2 year old question... but I found my way here, so someone else might also!

The estimate is your initial estimate of how long a task will take.

The correction, if it is filled in, overrides the estimate. This should be used for "Oh no, I typed in the estimate wrong" or "Drat, I forgot to take into account blah, and should have put that in the original estimate" or "Oops, my assumption was way off when estimating, now that I am thinking clearer it should take this long"

I don't agree with setting the correction to match the time spent. If you do this you would never get a metric on how well you are estimating. You might want to spot trends if you find your actuals are consistently off with your estimates or corrections.

I only have 2 sprints under my belt, so feel free to correct me if you think I am wrong! :-)

Happy Scruming,
Eric

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Mar 03 '10, 5:08 p.m.
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That is what I have my team do. Agile planning team: if that is not
correct, please let us know (:-).

Cheers,
Geoff

cbarlock wrote:
What is the proper way to use the Task Correction field? Let's say I
estimate a task at 2d. Later, it looks like maybe a day and a half.
I enter 12h in the Correction field. When I finally complete the task
and it only took me 6h, do I go in again and set the correction to 6h
before I mark the task complete?

Thanks!

Chris

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