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Allow Estimates to be as large as the user wishes. #73

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Setting the estimate number for a task is restricted to 6 or 7, it needs to be 
as large as the user wishes.

Here at work we do have tasks that can take many days and still be considered a 
task that can't be broken down in to sub-tasks. The estimate limit of 6 or 7 
means that some task can not have an estimate and this distorts the statistics 
reporting of the application.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dev...@gmail.com on 8 Nov 2010 at 9:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Well... From the author himself:
"If an estimate is greater than 5-7 Pomodoros, this means that the activity in 
question is too complex. It’s better to break it down into several 
activities; estimate these activities separately, and write them down on 
several lines in the Activity Inventory. The rule is: If It Takes More Than 5-7 
Pomodoros, Break It Down."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36672142/The-Pomodoro-Technique

So therefore is an enforced rule in Pomodairo.

Original comment by fredrikj...@gmail.com on 8 Nov 2010 at 11:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
In the normal case I would agree, but there are exceptions to the rule or 
should I say task in this context.

Maybe a compromise is in order, in the configuration settings have a checkbox 
control to allow the user to deliberately allow estimates of tasks to be larger 
than 5-7 Pomodoros, maybe even popup an warning dialog to confirm that they 
really sure they want to do this, as it is breaking/bending one of the rules of 
the Pomodoro System.

Original comment by dev...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2010 at 12:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I also want this feature. I am already breaking the Pomodaro rules by following 
Merlin Mann's 10+2*5 hack 
(http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-1025) so my 
"pomodairos" are only 10 minutes long which means I can't estimate a project to 
take much longer than an hour. I think devx's compromise would work, a pop-up 
saying that I'm doing it wrong (which I'm aware of) if I try to pick something 
higher than 7.

Thanks!

Original comment by dwilso...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2010 at 5:15