We planned. We tried. And we failed.
Whenever our client asks, "How many hours will this feature take?" I always think:
“If I were paid a dollar for every time I get asked this, I'd have a startup explaining why an exact estimate is impossible.”
But no startup yet. And the thought remains: no one knows for sure. And that’s okay.
When I first started in project management, I didn’t believe this. I was sure: everything could be calculated, everything could be anticipated, everything could be controlled. I’d tell the team: “We can handle this; we just need the right method.” I believed in a system that could be mastered through logic. But over time, I came to realize:
Accurate estimates are a myth — one that’s easy to believe in, but a myth nonetheless.
Now, I’ll share how we came to this understanding, what we tried, what went wrong — and how JetRockets handles estimates today.