Agile Estimation
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The practice of estimating work in agile environments, often using relative sizing, story points, or lightweight forecasting instead of exact hour counts. Discussions of agile estimation often revolve around how much precision is useful versus misleading.
In plain English: Estimating work within agile planning processes.
Example: "The team switched to simpler agile estimation because arguing over whether a task was five points or eight had stopped improving planning quality."