EP 38 - Why estimating and planning is so hard

Apr 2, 2024 · 1 hr 26 min · 82.6 MB

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Topics and Takeaways

* Why planning is so hard

* We humans are just terrible at estimating

* How does system and organizational complexity add to planning issues

* Do we build in terrible planning in our processes

* Do we pretty much guarantee bad planning with the way we do “agile” and portfolio planning?

* If we are so bad at estimating… why do we do it?

* We are trying to use AI for everything these days… can we use it to help with planning?

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