>OK, I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong area.
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>This almost seems like too simple a question.
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>It has to do with calculating accuracy in an Agile setting
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>Suppose someone is really off on an estimate. They estimate 4.5 hours and it turns into 20 hours. How would you calculate the accuracy?
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>Similarly, for one period, a person just has a bad sprint They estimated 33.5 hours on a set of tasks and they wound up working 60. How would you calculate accuracy?
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>Thanks,
>Kevin

If you maintain a burn-down chart, it will eventually predict the correct completion date.