Estimated Development Time Field
This field is used by the reporters of new issues to estimate the
total development time for the issue. It is especially important as a
metrics tool to get a simple estimate of how much time each issue will
take from discovery, going through implementation and testing up until
release time.
This field can also be used as a way to check the estimation abilities
of project managers against the impact analysis given by the
developers themselves. That is, the value entered by a project manager
here can be compared against the impact analysis / estimated
development time entered by the developers, and this way get more
experience estimating the required time for new projects.