The black magic of scoping the effort in software projects
With multiple sources for missed estimates, there’s no precise formula to properly scope the effort, but here are a few notes developers may find useful.
Peter (Pete) Popov has more than 25 years of experience in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley and entrepreneurial engagements in a number of countries around the world. Founder and CEO of Embedded Alley, a Linux and Open Source consulting company acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009, Pete holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. A Linux user since 1995, Pete made Linux a full time career in 2000 when he joined MontaVista Software as a kernel developer and later as Founder and CEO of Embedded Alley.
With multiple sources for missed estimates, there’s no precise formula to properly scope the effort, but here are a few notes developers may find useful.
As we approach the end of December, it’s time to review a year that we will certainly remember for the rest of our lives. Even at the start of 2020, we knew this year would be different.
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