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You could start by not doing estimates? Instead, take an educated guess of the complexity of the problem and then ask how long the enterprise is willing to commit to implementing it.

Estimates are just a way of delegating responsibility downwards. The organisation is rarely asked to estimate how much a feature is worth, despite this being probably the more important factor.



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