Re: Estimation techniques used in embedded porting projects

On Jul 31, 3:10 pm, moja...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Everett M.
Greene) wrote:

??? You're in the southern hemisphere?

Not unless New York came adrift and nobody told me. My GPS claims I am
still north of the equator.

You were there for the pyramids' construction? What were the
time and cost estimates?

Take a look at the history books - if they're anything like the ones I
read in school, they're full of statements like "The tomb wasn't
finished until 20 years after King XYZ died", or "he ran out of
resources".

time and cost estimate in the beginning. Give yourself twice
the time and twice the cost estimate and you can regularly
beat the estimate.

Can't agree with you. Projects always expand beyond the budgeted
resources, even if they are padded by any arbitrary percentage. It is
better to estimate accurately how long it SHOULD take, and establish a
contingency fund to cover unexpected occurrences. Otherwise you'll
still wind up over budget, but the budget will be artificially bigger.

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