Category Archives: Software Estimation

Performance – spend it wisely and never raise the debt ceiling

By Paul Barnes-Hoggett | Published: August 6, 2011

The US had it’s credit rating downgraded yesterday. For many people, it seems at first a little abstract and vaguely ominous—a chance for China to get it’s own back after being harangued by the US on its undervaluation of the Yuen. Maybe the outcome will be catastrophic, maybe not so much. Only time will tell. […]

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Try this, my mini-application for software estimation

By Paul Barnes-Hoggett | Published: July 5, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a simple yet powerful process for software estimation. When I was done I started to look at my excel worksheet for doing this process and figured that it could be something I could share with a broader audience. Rather than just post an excel file, I decided […]

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Software Estimation — A good simple way courtesy of the Navy and the cold war

By Paul Barnes-Hoggett | Published: June 19, 2011

In my last post I told you that your next project will take longer than you think. Now I’ve destroyed hope I’m going to show you how you can use this knowledge to be better at software estimation. We’re going to use a simple but very effective technique first developed by the Navy back in […]

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Your project will take longer than you think and less than a Nukem

By Paul Barnes-Hoggett | Published: June 16, 2011

I will tell you how long your next project will take to release. You won’t like it, but I’ll tell you. A game is launching this week and in the story of its development is the key to successful software estimation. The game is Duke Nukem Forever, and just like the title, it did pretty […]

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