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When Will It Be Ready?

Yanet Morales Ramirez
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6 min readFeb 11, 2025

The hardest question I’ve ever been asked — whether as a software developer or now as someone leading teams and focusing on product management — has always been:

When will it be ready?

I’ve faced all kinds of wild, unknown problems over the years, the kind that pushes you to think outside the box and leave you feeling like a rockstar when you solve them. But nothing — nothing — prepares you for the pressure of giving a good answer to that question.

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Just last week, a client asked me, “We’ve struggled with accurate estimations. Have you guys figured out a good method for it?” My first thought was, Ah, here we go again. I wanted to say, “Ask me anything else!” But instead, I took a deep breath and said, “No one can predict the future, but we can find methods that work for your team and your organization. The key is to always acknowledge the uncertainty that comes with estimations.”

A couple of years ago, I gave a talk about this very topic. I compared software development estimations to predicting the path of a tropical cyclone. I even spoke to a meteorologist to validate my conclusions.

I’m from the Caribbean, so cyclones are part of life. Every year, we brace ourselves…

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Written by Yanet Morales Ramirez

Technical Director at Improving Mexico with 15+ years in IT. Certified in SAFe, PSPO, PSM, & more. Passionate about training and improving processes.

Great analogy between project estimations and hurricane tracking!
Estimations aren’t about predicting the future with certainty—they’re about managing uncertainty and continuously refining expectations.
In project management, rigid estimates create…

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I wrote an article too about the same topic, estimations. It answers the important question: “Why are we late?” the reasons, and a possible solution that will help us improve the way we do estimations currently.

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This article works effectively of tending to the expectation and interest around the point. The experiences gave are well-informed and provocative, keeping perusers locked in. Much thanks to you for revealing insight into this subject with such…

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