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_6

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Dimitre Dimitrov¹ 

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Toronto, ON, Canada

 

In software projects, like in most situations involving human relationships, it is worth the effort to provide meaningful information to people so that they gain situational awareness and make intelligent choices. Complete awareness is of course neither possible nor needed, but a small effort can go a long way toward significant improvements and avoiding major contentions. Schedule uncertainty of 30–50% or more is likely to create unneeded pressure and turmoil on any project. Many people operate at these levels of uncertainty routinely and for long periods. On the other hand, verbally ...