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Estimating Work in a Spanish Tech Team

Give estimates, flag risks and negotiate deadlines in a Spanish sprint planning.

In Spanish tech teams estimates come up in sprint planning, where people talk about puntos, sprints and deadlines in a mix of Spanish and English. Useful habits: hedge with calculo or depende de, use para for deadlines, and say no nos da tiempo when it won't fit. These cards follow one planning session and the follow-up that afternoon.

Two business professionals brainstorming and planning software development with a whiteboard in an office.
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  1. 1

    ¿Cuánto crees que te va a llevar eso?

    How long do you think that'll take you?

  2. 2

    Yo calculo unos dos o tres días.

    I'd estimate about two or three days.

  3. 3

    Depende de lo compleja que sea la integración.

    It depends on how complex the integration is.

  4. 4

    Prefiero no comprometerme con una fecha todavía.

    I'd rather not commit to a date yet.

  5. 5

    Hay muchas incógnitas.

    There are a lot of unknowns.

  6. 6

    Vamos a dividirlo en tareas más pequeñas.

    Let's break it down into smaller tasks.

  7. 7

    Tiene más miga de lo que parece.

    There's more to it than it looks.

  8. 8

    Eso se hace en un momento.

    That's a quick one.

  9. 9

    ¿Cuántos puntos le pondrías?

    How many points would you give it?

  10. 10

    Yo le pondría un cinco.

    I'd give it a five.

  11. 11

    Mejor dejar algo de margen, por si acaso.

    Better leave some buffer, just in case.

  12. 12

    No nos da tiempo en este sprint.

    We won't have time in this sprint.

  13. 13

    ¿Para cuándo lo necesitáis?

    When do you need it by?

  14. 14

    El cliente lo quiere para finales de mes.

    The client wants it by the end of the month.

  15. 15

    Eso va muy justo.

    That's cutting it very fine.

  16. 16

    Si quitamos esa funcionalidad, llegamos.

    If we drop that feature, we'll make it.

  17. 17

    No lo sé seguro, tendría que mirar el código antes.

    I'm not sure, I'd have to look at the code first.

  18. 18

    Esta tarde te paso una estimación.

    I'll send you an estimate this afternoon.

  19. 19

    La última vez nos quedamos cortos.

    Last time we underestimated it.

  20. 20

    Seamos realistas.

    Let's be realistic.