How I Review an Engineer's Estimate Before the Client Sees It
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An engineer's estimate is usually right about the coding and wrong about everything around it. So when one lands on my desk, I don't check the hours per feature. I check what the estimate quietly assumes: what is already working, what we are waiting on, who reviews the work, and how much of it is t…
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- 2026-08-24 08:00 · DEV Community — AI
How I Review an Engineer's Estimate Before the Client Sees It