Arguably, the most frequently asked question from an engineer is: 'When will this be done?' And yet in our engineering principles document we stipulate that 'we don’t do fixed time/fixed scope work'. No wonder, this is one of the most frequent questions that different parts of our organization are asking about: 'How can we make an agreement or sign a contract if we don’t have a fixed point in time when we can all agree that something will be ready for our clients?'

Your team has been discussing a great new feature with some stakeholders. Everybody is really excited until… the question that every engineer dreads… So when can you have it done by?