evidence-based-scheduling

Evidence Based Scheduling Tool

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. ...

Evidence-Based-Scheduling - are estimations only as accurate as the work-plan they're based on?

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...

Evidence Based Scheduling - handling hidden tasks, concurrent tasks?

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...

What's the best resource for learning about Evidence-based Scheduling?

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...

FogBugz - Estimate & EBS

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...