I think the typical software development group (team, department, …) has many more urgent matters to attend to than forecasting when tasks will be done. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to try to forecast more accurately; I merely believe that most organizations, most of the time, would benefit more from addressing other issues and letting this particular issue be as it is. At the same time, almost everyone all the time wants to know when it’ll be done, for all kinds of meanings of “it...
