## Metadata * URL: [https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/no-estimates-not-only-answer-or-moving-towards-predictability](https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/no-estimates-not-only-answer-or-moving-towards-predictability) * Author: [[inger-dickson|Inger Dickson]] * Tags:: [[No estimates|No Estimates]] ## Highlights * Dear No Estimators: You are probably estimating, even if you don’t admit * It perpetuates a fantasy where no one needs a timeline. * Estimates should help: 1. Decide * size. It is common knowledge that a team will not get “absolute days” right with any regularity – and getting “number of days” right simply does not matter. * INVEST-principled increments (a good reference in INVEST was shared some time ago from Studios) * At this point I assign fibonacci numbers to the “buckets” starting with “1” for cards in the group that was estimated at “smallest”.