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4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

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After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. Both management and development need to be on the same page about estimates.

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Deconstruction the #NoEstimates Conjecture

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In a very technical answer, the sample rate can be determined by a Nyquist sample rate analysis of the underlying non-stationary stochastic process processes of software development projects. We assess physical percent complete at close business every single day, with the update of the TO DO field in Rally at the Task level.

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Deconstruction the #NoEstimates Conjecture

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The very technical answer to this question is the sample rate can be determined by a Nyquist sample rate analysis of the underlying non-stationary stochastic process of any typical software development project. This approach gets you a D in the statistical assessment class. Collect the responses. Total up the numbers.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments. This solution is called Software Engineering. link] Practical Software and Systems Measurement.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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Another example of DSTOP, in this case Doing Things with NO understanding of Managerial Finance, Microeconomics of Software Development, or Probabilistic Decision Making. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun.