Anchoring Your Estimations: How to Keep Clients Happy
Clients are never happy when hearing that you've underestimated how long a project will take in reality. In today's episode, I talk about how to anchor your estimations and keep your clients happy, and a quick tip to get you there. Thanks to today's sponsor, Harvest. Harvest is your time tracking tool built to save you...well, time. Visit getharvest.com and give it a try for 30 days for free. After your trial, enter code TEATIME at checkout and save 50% off your first month.
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Show Notes
Clients are never happy when hearing that you've underestimated how long a project will take in reality. In today's episode, I talk about how to anchor your estimations and keep your clients happy, and share a quick tip to get you there.
Related Resources from this episode
- Estimating sandwiches: https://developertea.com/episodes/9981
- Anchor Bias: http://coglode.com/gems/anchoring-bias
How do you keep clients happy? If you've got a creative or noteworthy way of keeping clients happy I'd love to hear about it. You can write me via email: [email protected] or through the Developer Tea email form.
Special thanks to today's sponsor: Harvest
Harvest is your time tracking tool built for understanding where your time is going. You can start a timer right from issues in JIRA or GitHub without searching for your timesheet, and turn that right around into a sharable invoice.
Try it out free for 30 days at getharvest.com. After your trial, enter code TEATIME at checkout to save 50% off your first month.
Thanks for listening, and until next time,
Enjoy your tea.