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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. Andreou, 3rd Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Software Engineering Workshop , 7 October, 2010, Larnaca, Cyprus. The Business of Software Estimation Is Not Evil: Reconciling agile approaches and project estimates,” Phillip G.

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Software Estimating Resources

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One of our clients, a retired USAF Col Program Manager at an NNSA Weapons Testing Site has a statement that is applicable here: If you lack academic basis and validated experience, your advice is simply unsubstantiated opinion without any basis in fact or principle. Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”.