Oct 9, 2025
Why Traditional Project Estimation Fails
Every engineering manager I know has the same problem. Projects that should take two months somehow stretch into six. Teams work harder, add more people, and still can’t hit their deadlines. The issue isn’t your developers, it’s how you’re planning. Most companies are still using estimation methods from the 1990s. They ask developers how long something will take, add a buffer, and call it a…