Software Projects: Dealing With Estimation Bias

Software Projects: Dealing With Estimation Bias: Via STSC CrossTalk: Reducing Bias in Software Project Estimates ...

David Peeters and George Dewey write about the challenges associated with bias in the software project estimation process. Risks associated with variability in estimation quality can be confronted with worst-case scenarios, clarifying assumptions, being consistently realistic across team estimates, and soliciting estimate insights from stakeholders ...

... "In spite of impressive advances in processes and tools, software project estimating remains more of an art than a science. Software projects continue to finish behind schedule and over budget, if they finish at all. According to a recent study, only 37 percent of software projects are completed on time and only 42 percent are completed within budget. " ...

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