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What's Wrong with Software Estimating?

Posted May 17, 2005 | Leadership | Leadership |

Model-based software estimation techniques (i.e., those based on counting elements of some kind of software system model, description, or specification) can be useful but they have numerous pitfalls and should therefore be used with care and deliberation. In this Advisor, I point out a few of those traps (this list is by no means complete nor sorted in any particular order):

About The Author
Piotr Walesiak
Piotr Walesiak is a Senior Consultant at Infovide, specializing in data warehousing and decision support solutions, with particular interest in finance and public administration applications. Since 1998, Mr. Walesiak has participated in numerous development and consulting projects as a team leader, data warehousing expert, leading architect, and solution architect. He is also a coauthor and instructor of many data warehouse and data quality… Read More
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