Fred P. Brooks on Estimates
Musings on Project Management
AUGUST 9, 2016
Dr. Fred Brooks, Jr.'s "The Mythical Man-month" is still required reading, even if written decades ago. And, as these things go, it has a lot of humor, but also a lot of wit. There are dozens of quotes from this book floating about, but here's one worth writing down: "It is very difficult to make a vigorous, plausible, and job-risking defense of an estimate that is derived by no.
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