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Re:Software effort estimation is mostly fake research by curiousllama on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:07PM (#25825991)
I've been hearing this rule for years now, and I think the coefficient is increasing. It started at 1.5x, now it's at 3x... Is this just me?
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Re:Software effort estimation is mostly fake research by Aldipower on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:12PM (#25826033)
Maybe the coefficient is related to your age. You got older, so there is more wisdom around. ;)
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Re:Software effort estimation is mostly fake research by impy on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:44PM (#25826415)
I'd say this is Parkinson's Law at play
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