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And estimating time lines.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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You are absolutely right, but let me suggest you a formula to calculate time for development.
I ask my team how much it will take, everything they answer I multiply by 5 and pass over to CEO. He doubles it and add some for QA. From that those in charge of customer care create a proposition (with added day) and pass it (with cost attached) to the customer.
In most cases the development over before we get an answer from the customer (we have over 10 little gems that got developed in this way and the customer banned it)...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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What I actually experience is when I give my time estimate for a certain project. They will cut it and ask me to accomplish it sooner. So what's the use of my time estimate? 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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100% agree... Its always a case of (time it would take/2)
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
<< please vote!! >>
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That is why you always at least double it from the start and never tell them you did...
So many details! (heavy sigh) So much confusion...
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I always do that and they always say, "that long?" 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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I am always prepared with some of the details of what is needed to justify my estimate. Then they try to suggest skipping some crucial needs and I respond...
It is a never ending struggle. They always want it cheap and fast and you want to make sure it really works. You can spend an extra hour up front making it work correctly or 5 hours in customer support after release and 5 hours fixing it and updating.
So many details! (heavy sigh) So much confusion...
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Regarding it I always say:
"There are 3 options: Cheap, good and fast. You can only choose two of them, which ones?"
Because...
Cheap and fast = crappy
Cheap and good = slow
Fast and good = expensive
Until now, I have (95% of the time) got neutral or positive feedbacks for that question. At least I get what I want, that they think about and see it in a more realisitc way.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Karen Mitchelle wrote: So what's the use of my time estimate?
Cutting, apparently. 
Same here, however. 
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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For staying in time you need feature sets. At most one or two which you can throw out with "Not yet implemented" 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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All the other thing come just after it, and as a result of it...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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My biggest problem is, that I would like to write real code once again instead of pushimg data to and from a database or mistaking web pages for a UI.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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