The Inaccurate Conception.

The article discusses the use of estimates in system development. The author comments on the role of accuracy in estimates and describes the Cone of Uncertainty, a probability function created to estimate the time required in the development of software. Uncertainty can be classified as First Order...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 13 - 17
Autor principal: Armour, Phillip G.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2008
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