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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. Software quality measurement,” Magne Jørgensen, Advances in Engineering Software 30 (1999) 907–912.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. 61, September 2004. The contribution of mathematical modelling to the practice of project management,” Terry Williams, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, Volume 14, Issue 1, Jan. Chakraborty and K.