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From the Introduction Goal of This Book The goal of this book is not to make you an expert at estimation. Estimation is a tool rather than a goal in itself. Maintain focus on the real goals: the outputs, the outcomes, and the impact of the system you’re building. Estimation is a tool for achieving these goals more reliably in an uncertain, error-prone world. Estimation lets you see into the future and make decisions about the path you’re on, before you reach the endpoint. We’ll also take note of some other ways that estimation can help us, as an organization working together, achieve common goals and fulfill the responsibilities of our various roles. Who This Book Is For You may find this book useful no matter what your role in software development. In fact, you might apply these ideas outside of software development, though I haven’t specifically addressed that. When writing this book, I’ve had three broad classes of people involved with software development in mind. They are as follows: Software Team Members These are the people who often get asked for estimates they don’t care about. These are the people who often get blamed when results aren’t the same as the estimates. Upper M

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Author
George Dinwiddie; Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company
Publisher
The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9781680507423
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Computer Science, Management, Management & Leadership

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