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Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivi... by awestrom on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @08:16PM (#30862412)
Has anyone tried to use these kinds of forecasting skills to improve software delivery estimates?

Software developers are notoriously terrible at estimation and lately I've been thinking that we should look to Superforecasters[1] for inspiration about how to improve.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superforecaster

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Re:Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivi... by rramadass on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:48AM (#30866141)
You might find How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas Hubbard useful. - https://hubbardresearch.com/about/applied-information-econom...

1) https://hubbardresearch.com/

2) https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/

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