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Software Estimating Resources

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“Effort Estimation of Use Cases for Incremental Large-Scale Software Development,” Pareastoo Mohagheghi, Bente Anda, and Reidat Conradi, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B. 9, Issue 3, No.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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Yes, you have to pay for them, but that cost is cheap compared to a naive and novice approach based on experimenting with other people's money. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. This solution is called Software Engineering.

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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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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

Yes, you have to pay for them, but that cost is cheap compared to a naive and novice approach based on experimenting with other people's money. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. This solution is called Software Engineering.