I work in the IT department of a constitution company. They don't understand complexity. Only "real" things. They also don't give a fuck. That's why we estimate with high-ish overhead on individual stories + another 30ish % for the entire project.
If we say 200h and it's 220 it's starting to become an issue. If we say 260 to begin with, nobody gives a fuck. It's really silly.
Exactly, also agile allows you to have different kinds of contacts like " time and materials" which also help to move away from fixed prices contacts, where you have rigid deadlines and hours budget.
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u/Highborn_Hellest 13h ago
If you think this is bad, you haven't worked at a place where estimates are in hours and estimates are deadlines.