Estimates on Records Sheet

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At the end of the day, make sure to record your tracking data on the Records sheet. You can then add two columns for each estimate.

Here’s the process: first, I write down the number of remaining boxes for each activity that I have completed today. Suppose that I over-estimated one activity by three Pomodori (+3), I over-estimated two activities by two Pomodori each (+2 and +2), and I under-estimated one activity by two Pomodori (-2). All in all I have added five boxes too many on the To Do Today sheet. My total estimate error is +5.

Second, I use the rightmost column for the number of reestimates. How many rows have ...

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