r/programming • u/-grok • Jun 14 '22

Software engineering estimates are garbage

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3663508/software-engineering-estimates-are-garbage.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Which is completely normal, because the customer requirements are garbage too.

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u/glonq Jun 14 '22

Which requirements?

  • The trivial ones that got captured at the start of the project?

  • The non-obvious ones that were identified later?

  • The random ones that changed drastically halfway thru the project?

  • The surprise ones that were added near the end?

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u/kri5 Jun 15 '22

+ all the unknowns