Of course your estimate is wrong! It’s an estimate, not a calculation. That doesn’t mean you should skip it. In fact, its wrongness is one of the most valuable things about it. In this workshop you’ll explore situational awareness—one of the benefits from estimates that turn out to be incorrect. You’ll learn to leverage that learning for the rest of the project, making choices that improve your outcomes. As you look around, you’ll not only work to avoid threats to your project, but also become more aware of unexpected opportunities. And you’ll learn what estimates are most useful for learning. (Hint, it’s not the estimates that most teams produce, or that most managers request.)
The future isn’t certain or predictable. That doesn’t mean we give up and wait for the future to arrive. Instead, we study the future using concepts from future studies, also known as strategic foresight. In this case, we will look at the Future of A…