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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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Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”. Eva Regnier, DRMI Newsletter, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Issue 12, April 8, 2005. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B. Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A.

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Risk Management Resources

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Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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Misconceptions of Risk , Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Critical Code, Software Producibility for Defense, Committee for Advancing Software-Intensive Systems Producibility , Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies, 2010.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Projects, Products, and Processes , Richard Stutzke, Addison-Wesley, 2005. Prentice Hall, 2000.

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

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"Improving Software Development Tracking and Estimation Inside the Cone of Uncertainty," Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Thanida Hongsongkiat, and Barry Boehm, Technical Report USC-CSSE-2012-504, Center for Systems and Software Engineering, University of Southern California, 2012. 37-48, 2007. Accurate Estimates Without Local Data?”

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