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10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation

The average project overruns its planned budget and schedule by 50–80 percent. In practice, little work is done that could truly be called “estimation.” Many projects are scheduled using a combination of legitimate business targets and liberal doses of wishful thinking. In this presentation, award-winning author Steve McConnell presents 10 of the worst ways estimates go wrong and time-tested rules of thumb for dramatically improving estimation accuracy.