Software Project Estimation: Intelligent Forecasting, Project Control, and Client Relationship Management

© Dimitre Dimitrov 2020

Dimitre DimitrovSoftware Project Estimationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5025-9_1

0. Assertions

Dimitre Dimitrov¹ 

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Toronto, ON, Canada

 

These are the beliefs and assertions which give meaning to much of the discussion in this book.

“Certainty or safety is a basic need”—At some level every person needs safety. At the most elementary level, a person needs physical and psychological safety. This is true even when a person engages in an inherently risky endeavor like starting a new software project.

“A software team can deliver continuously within a controlled productivity range”—Modern delivery teams have mastered proven software engineering practices and have repeatedly demonstrated that their productivity can remain within ...