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Without a basic understanding of what it takes to complete a project, you’ll be lost. You should try to gain a general understanding of each person’s project role, the effort required, and how that might match up to your project scope and deadline. A great way to do this is by sitting down with people who do jobs that you don’t fully understand. Maybe there’s a developer or designer on your team who would be willing to walk you through their process to give you a better understanding of the steps they take and the effort associated with each. Once you have a good understanding of that work, you can speak about tasks with confidence and begin to draft estimates.

It can also be very helpful to work with people on your team to create project estimates (see Figure 1.1). This kind of exercise will not only help you create sound estimates for projects, but it also can help you gain a better understanding of different types of work and deliverables, the effort involved, and how they might work together to form a new project process. Plus, you’ll come up with a sound estimate that could possibly be reused on similar projects in the future.

FIGURE 1.1 Creating project estimates can be tricky. Work with your team to establish estimating practices that work for you. (Read more in Chapter 3, “Start with an Estimate.”)