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Estimates vs Actuals

Start rough with t-shirt sizes, then tighten with single-point or three-point estimates when more detail is needed. Confidence intervals are built in, so you know how much certainty you really have — whether it's confidence to deliver by a date or room to offer a discount.

Assumptions aren't just slapped onto tasks; they roll up to show how much time and money each assumption is responsible for across the project. Actuals feed in automatically from timesheets, updating every task and deliverable in real time. Everything lives in one place — no spreadsheets, no templates, no guesswork — just connected, synced-up estimates and actuals.

Estimates and Actuals

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Project Assumptions


We don't need to support IE11
Linked up to 220 hours or 32% of total estimated effort across 5 tasks
The customer will provide clean data
Linked up to 84 hours or 12% of total estimated effort across 2 tasks
Their auth flow is standard OAuth2
Linked up to 20 hours or 3% of total estimated effort across 1 task

Engineering

Task
Estimate
Actual
Assm.
Engineering
Sign up for dev program and build basic app with SDK
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
M
2
2 assumptions
Engineering
Implement OAuth2 password flow
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
S
-
assumptions
Engineering
Build initial Vendors extract
New
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
1
1 assumption
Engineering
Be one click away from starting a second Iranian revolution
In Progress
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
3
3 assumptions
Engineering
Compile Varnish cache to keep the condor stream alive
In Progress
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
1
1 assumption
Engineering
Implement payment request initiation
New
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
1
1 assumption
Engineering
[Bug] Cannot load previous transactions
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
XS
-
assumptions
Engineering
[Bug] Fix NPE when incomplete sign up form submitted
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
XS
-
assumptions
Engineering
[Bug] Unknown or invalid refresh token error
New
XS
S
M
L
XL
XS
-
assumptions
Engineering
[Bug] Fix broken redirect URL
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
S
-
assumptions

UX/Design

Task
Estimate
Actual
Assm.
UX/Design
Design the onboarding component
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
L
-
assumptions
UX/Design
Design the Vendor view
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
L
-
assumptions
UX/Design
Design Payment Method selector component
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
S
-
assumptions
UX/Design
Create Bill Pay view design
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
L
-
assumptions
UX/Design
Describe the MVP
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
M
-
assumptions

Operations

Task
Estimate
Actual
Assm.
Operations
Prepare support materials and the support page
In Progress
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
-
assumptions
Operations
Set up analytics for the app
New
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
-
assumptions
Operations
Create materials for submitting the plugin
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
XL
-
assumptions

Marketing

Task
Estimate
Actual
Assm.
Marketing
Make a list of competitors
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
L
-
assumptions
Marketing
Describe our ideal customer profile
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
S
-
assumptions
Marketing
Make a list of places to do customer discovery
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
S
-
assumptions
Marketing
Get at least 10 beta-testers for the next release
In Progress
XS
S
M
L
XL
-
-
assumptions
Marketing
Describe customers' Jobs To Be Done
Completed
XS
S
M
L
XL
XS
-
assumptions
Project Estimate:
385..680 hours
Current Project Actual:
448 hours
Confidence Intervals
70%: 486 hours
80%: 504 hours
90%: 531 hours
95%: 554 hours
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