Are there any free tools that implement evidence based scheduling that joel talks about? There lies fogbugz of course but I am looking for a simple and free tool that can apply ebs on some tasks that I give estimates (and actual times which are complete) for. ...
I've been using FogBugz's Evidence Based Scheduling (for the uninitiated, Joel explains) for a while now and there's an inherent problem I can't seem to work around. The system is good at telling me the probability that a given project will be delivered at some date, given the detailed list of tasks that comprise the project. However...
I've sort of been trying EBS on my personal project tasks, but two things have come up a couple times I'm not sure how to handle. 1 - I find some hidden task(s). I thought it was going to be 6 hours to do task X, but turns out that requires a new Ant build task, which requires libray ZipBlahBoo, which I have then get into ivy, which req...
Spolsky goes on and on about evidence-based scheduling (EBS) on the StackOverflow podcast, and it's to the point where I feel like he's trying to tell me something, so I want to try it out. I'm looking for a resource that will not only tell me how to do EBS, but also give me some anecdotal info on how it works with different kinds of tea...
I have a FogBugz question regarding EBS (Evidence Based Scheduling)... Developer A estimates Case A at X amount and Developer B ends up taking over Case A before Developer A can get started and before time has been logged against it. If Developer B agrees with the same estimate that Developer A entered, how might we transfer that same e...