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Samon
on Dec 20, 2022
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“Laws” of software estimation for complex work (20...
One of my university professors advised "multiply your best-case-scenario estimate by Pi". It's still absolutely plucking numbers out of the air, but I've found it to be pretty reasonable over the last decade or so...
unnah
on Dec 20, 2022
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Using pi instead of 3 has the obvious advantage that your estimates are much more precise.
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