Make offshore developer estimates expose their assumptions
A planning guide for separating a useful range from a false promise when technical work is uncertain.
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Key takeaways
Name unknowns.
Estimate a thin slice.
Set a revisit point.
Estimate the work behind the number
List dependencies, discovery, implementation, review, testing, and handoff. A single duration without its assumptions cannot help a distributed team plan.
Separate what is known from what must be learned.
Use a representative slice
Estimate a vertical slice that exercises the risky boundary. Its evidence can update the remaining plan without pretending the whole feature is understood.
The developer supplies technical uncertainty; the planning owner decides sequence and priority.
Revisit with evidence
Set a checkpoint after the first slice and record which assumptions held. Change the plan openly when the evidence changes.
Do not use confidence language to conceal an unowned dependency.
