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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Rachel Farrand rfarrand@wikimedia.org wrote:
Please join for the following tech talk:
*Tech Talk**:* A Hands-on Estimation Exercise, With Discussion *Presenter:* Joel Aufrecht *Date:* February 8th, 2016 *Time: *18:30 UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+A+Hands-on+Estimation+Exercise%2C+With+Discussion&iso=20160208T1830&p1=%3A&ah=1 Link to live YouTube stream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-zLwTez46M *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office
*Summary: *Estimation is an unnatural activity for human brains, which tend to hide our own ignorance from us. This brown-bag begins with an exercise, adapted from Steve McConnell's software estimation training, in balancing accuracy with precision. The exercise is fully available to remotees. Facilitated discussion follows, on what we can learn from the exercise and on general estimation and forecasting topics as raised.