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Counting boulders and measuring mountains
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Volume 49 ,  Issue 1  (January 2006) table of contents
Personal information management
COLUMN: The business of software table of contents
Pages: 17 - 20  
Year of Publication: 2006
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Phillip G. Armour  Corvus International Inc., Deer Park, IL and Number Six Software, Vienna, VA
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Accuracy and the measurement of peaks and projects.


REFERENCES

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Barry W. Boehm , Clark , Horowitz , Brown , Reifer , Chulani , Ray Madachy , Bert Steece, Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II with Cdrom, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.9 Management
          Subjects: Time estimation; Cost estimation

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.1 Project and People Management
          Subjects: Management techniques (e.g., PERT/CPM)


General Terms:
Management, Measurement


REVIEW

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This is an insightful article with an important message. In 1856, the British estimated Mt. Everest to be 29,000 feet high, but adjusted the estimate to 29,002 feet to avoid any impression of inaccuracy. Building on this story, the article contras  more...


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