Hiten Shah Founder of (right) and Poornima Vijayashanker, founder of (left) Product Habits Femgineer Interview with Hiten Shah Founder of Product Habits I don’t know about you but I HATE kale… That stupid leafy green vegetable with the ANDI score of 1000. It’s really hard to chew, and any time I see it on a menu, I skip it! But I get there are a lot of kale converts who go around saying, “Eat your veggies, especially kale!” OK, I know what you’re thinking, “What does this have to do with building software products and product estimates?” Everything. Just like we have to buckle down and eat our veggies (including kale) to stay healthy, there are a number of things we need to do in order to have accurate estimates that will ensure shipping a product consistently. , we mentioned how a number of the current approach fall short. If you were left wondering what to do next, don’t fret, because in, today’s episode, Hiten Shah is back. He’ll be introducing a new approach to coming up with product estimates, and it’s coincidentally called the EAT method. In the last episode of Build As you watch the episode you’ll learn: How to perform each step of the EAT method — Explore, Adjust, and Task What you CANNOT do with this approach How this approach reduces ambiguity, which is the #1 cause of delays and scope creep OK I know what you’re thinking… OR, “Ugh not another approach!” “This is never gonna fly at my company!” Well that’s why after you’ve watched the episode, we want you to let us know what your concerns are in the comments below. We’ll be addressing a number of them in next week’s episode! Listen to the episode on iTunes! . You can listen to this episode of on iTunes Build Enjoyed this post and want more? Help others enjoy it too by hitting the 👏🏽 ! Check out these additional resources on estimating stories for your product: Product Habits Why It’s Easier For Product Teams To Cram Features & Bugs Into Each Release Instead of Cutting Back Tech Debt: The Cost of Putting “Quick Fixes” Into Our Software Product Product Debt: What Is Product Debt And Why You Need To Prioritize Paying It Down How Long Does It Take To Get A Startup Company Off The Ground How Much Time And Money It’s Going To Take To Productize Your Idea My Nightmares With Engineering Estimates Story Points, T-shirt Sizing and Time Buckets: How Tech Companies Do Engineering Estimates Deadline That Are Doomed From The Beginning No One Likes A Creep Build is produced as a partnership between Femgineer and Pivotal Tracker . San Francisco video production by StartMotionMEDIA .
