Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft))

Goldratt's Student Syndrome, 22, 23

good estimate, defined, 9

granularity of estimated tasks, 106, 116

group expert judgment, 106–110, 149–155

estimating project size with, 205

Wideband Delphi technique, 150–155

group reviews of estimates, 111, 149–150. See also structured expert judgment

with estimation software, 162

of project size, 205

sanity checking, 162, 271

with standardized estimation, 192

growth in requirements, 43

guess-based estimation. See off-the-cuff estimates

GUI elements, counting, 204, 205