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An time estimation rule of thumb for software development in startups. (Somewhat tongue-in-cheek.)

The rule

Make a good estimate of the work (in any time unit). Multiply that number by itself in months plus one. What you get is a reasonable estimate for release date (in the original time unit).

Examples

Some examples:

Work estimated to one week will take one week. Work [...]

The Bus Factor, as defined by Wikipedia:

A software project’s bus factor is a measurement of concentration of information in a single person, or very few people. The bus factor is the total number of key developers who would if incapacitated, as by getting hit by a bus, send the project into such disarray [...]