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Estimating Software Costs, 2nd Edition
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Estimating Software Costs, 2nd Edition

by Capers Jones
May 2007
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
644 pages
19h 7m
English
McGraw-Hill
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Chapter 10Compensation and Work-Pattern Adjustments

Estimating software development projects and the related topic of estimating software maintenance and enhancement projects are the real heart of commercial software estimating tools. Hundreds of factors can influence the outcomes of software projects for better or for worse. Modern software estimating tools are designed to deal with three classes of adjustment factors:

Image Average situations where tools or methods have no significant impact

Image Situations where the project is much better than average ...

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