I’m either very optimistic, incredibly bad at estimating or
a dishonest schmuck. My inclination is
to think that I am a combination of the first two. It’s not that I don’t have
the capacity to be a horrible person, I know I do, just not as a
manipulator. I have learned though that
if when I assess a job to be done it is best if I take my original estimate and
multiply it by three. By doing this
conversion factor I will get to a much closer real estimate. Case in point: Today I asked my brothers over
to move the dirt from the sod project. I
estimated the project at 3 truck loads and about 1 hour of work. The actual job ended up being 9 truck loads
and 4 hours. Should have obeyed the rule of 3 from the beginning.
I walked up to that pile of dirt and said "looks like about an hour of work, probably three truckloads..." so it might have just been rampant optimism.
ReplyDeleteWe had that pile pegged at 3 loads up until the last three loads. Thanks again for your help. Hope the body is holding up.
ReplyDeleteYou both take after your dad.
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