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

language, influence on estimates, 64–65, 247

large numbers, law of, 115, 137

large projects, 78. See also project size

error density and, 242

estimation flow (reestimating), 174

late development stage, 80

counting at, 85

schedule estimates, 223

late projects

how late (software industry), 26

recalibrating after missed milestones, 175–179

unnecessary activities from, 23

Law of Large Numbers, 115, 137

lengthening schedule to reduce effort, 228

lines of code (LOC), 55–56

collecting data on, 95

converting function points to, 202–203

size estimation with, 198–200

logical files, as function points, 200