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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art

by Steve McConnell
February 2006
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
9h 23m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 19. Special Issues in Estimating Effort

Most projects eventually estimate effort directly from a detailed task list. But early in a project, effort estimates are most accurate when computed from size estimates. This chapter describes several means of computing those early estimates.

Influences on Effort

The largest influence on a project’s effort is the size of the software ...

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