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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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Acknowledgments

I continue to be amazed at the many ways the Internet supports high-quality work. My first book’s manuscript was reviewed almost entirely by people who lived within 50 miles of me. This book’s manuscript included reviewers from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Iceland, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The book has benefited enormously from these reviews.

Thanks first to the people who contributed review comments on significant portions of the book: Fernando Berzal, Steven Black, David E. Burgess, Stella M. Burns, Gavin Burrows, Dale Campbell, Robert A. Clinkenbeard, Bob Corrick, Brian Donaldson, Jason Hills, William Horn, Carl J Krzystofczyk, Jeffrey D. Moser, ...

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