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Why is software effort estimation still based on thumb rules and gut feels? How come no one has come up with an accurate estimation model?

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For a truly accurate estimation, you need to have built the software before. If you’ve built it before, why are you building it again?

Posted 13th October 2010 at 5:06 pm · Follow me on Mastodon or on Twitter

This is Why is software effort estimation still based on thumb rules and gut feels? How come no one has come up with an accurate estimation model? by Simon Willison, posted on 13th October 2010.

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