Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art. Steve McConnell

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art


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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art Steve McConnell
Publisher: Microsoft Press




Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft)) Often referred to as the “black art” because of its complexity and uncertainty, software estimation is not as hard or mysterious as people think. My first instinct is to dive under the of months for a lot of people. Information in this books can applied to agile development as well to the classi. A couple of days ago I read Peter Seibel's Blog-Post Software estimation considered harmful?. Many programmers find that they consistently estimate too low. To counter this problem, they One project manager wanted to add a few days to the beginning of an iteration so his team could "hit the ground running" and have a higher velocity to show to stakeholders. Programmers often consider estimating to be a black art—one of the most difficult things they must do. Download Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft)) Visitors did . Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft)) book download. Steve McConnell explains how software estimation is more a science than an art. By the way I recommend “Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art”. Why is it that when I am asked to estimate a project, I switch into abused-dog mode? In a nutshell, he writes that he was reading the book "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art". Steve McConnell is the best-selling author of Code Complete and Rapid Development, winners of Software Development's Jolt award as well as Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, and other titles.