What type of time estimation excludes non-programming time?

The correct answer is A. Ideal Time. Ideal Time (also called Ideal Days or Ideal Hours) is an estimation unit that represents how long a task would take if the developer worked on it uninterrupted - no meetings, no emails, no context-switching, no administrative work. It intentionally strips away all…

Submitted by akirajp· Apr 18, 2026Adaptive Planning

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AIdeal Time
BCalendar time
CDuration
DReal Time

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Ideal Time (also called Ideal Days or Ideal Hours) is an estimation unit that represents how long a task would take if the developer worked on it uninterrupted - no meetings, no emails, no context-switching, no administrative work. It intentionally strips away all non-programming activities. Calendar Time, by contrast, reflects real-world elapsed time and includes all interruptions and overhead. Teams apply a velocity factor to convert Ideal Time estimates into actual Calendar Time commitments.

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