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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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 13 - 17
Main Author:	Armour, Phillip G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Mar2008
Subjects:	Estimates Uncertainty (Information theory) Computer software development Commitment (Psychology) Mathematical variables Probability theory
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost