Two worlds for software project estimating It appears at first sight that there are two worlds for software project estimating which, for simplicity, I will call the ‘Chaotic’ and the ‘Controlled’ worlds. The Chaotic world is characterised by the majority of…
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Functional Size Measurement methods This is the second part of the blog focusing on a number of popular software size measurement methods and their usefulness for software project estimation. In this second part the functional size measurement methods IFPUG, NESMA and…
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and the evolution of the COSMIC method
What is a great design How do you instinctively know what is a great design? We all have a feeling in our various cultures of what is a great piece of architecture. We all appreciate beautiful Scandinavian-designed household artefacts. In…
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