Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

This is what I am looking for whenever I face challenges within estimation.

good read for small projects.......clear and concise ......brand new and well packaged

good!

There is no doubt about the contents of the book but the quality of binding was poor. Many of the pages were not even stitched and came out even on first day. Product timely delivered.

dirt and greasy smudges found on couple of pages. nothing torn though.Book itself is a great read. Well structured. Useful for a first foray into estimation for engineers and leads. Projects upto a few 100 thousand lines of code.

Gets to the heart of real world software estimation, targets, commitments and project management challenges. Still relevant for any modern software project. Will definitely incorporate many of the tips on a daily basis.

Um livro esclarecedor sobre como as estimativas deveriam ser utilizadas em um projeto.Define conceitos importantes, lista alguns motivos de uma estimativa dar errado, lista técnicas de estimativas tanto para projeto incremental ou iterativo e tem dicas de como explicar/transmitir/negociar as estimativas para os gestores ou pessoas responsávei na área de negócio.Mostra também, com detalhes, o famoso cone da incerteza e ajuda a definir estratégias para cada fase do cone.E muito mais.Por favor, leiam!

This book is a must read for all involved in managing software development projects. How to deal with the uncertainty when estimating. A clear explanation about the factors that will influence the project effort. And finally how to engage with various stakeholders.

After the first page or two I thought I'd only end up giving it 3 stars....

I am about half way through the book: the information is very useful and highly readable. I recommend this to anyone who has to estimate software/technology efforts, which I do as part of my living. This book will help one-time estimators, but it is not a cookbook of instant estimates. You must do the work.The book is a reference and a textbook. The author identifies sections to skip to rather than reading straight through if you have an issue to address. As other reviews address content at length, I will not go into it.The book discusses (thus far) refining estimates as a project continues and more detail is known, and it assumes this will happen. This is true for a PM managing his effort to stay within budget, but upfront estimates for fixed price contracts permit no such refining for the estimator. There is, however, information to help those of us who must estimate at the budget/proposal/concept stages and need to get it right.The Kindle version has some issues if you have a black and white Kindle. For one thing, the hardcopy relies on color charts and refers to the blue areas to make a point. But in B&W, there is no differentiation in the shades. This could have been easily fixed using texture or bolding the data element titles. In addition, the chart bottoms don't show unless you significantly reduce text size, affecting readability, and there is still some difficulty seeing the whole chart in some cases. I have experienced this in other Kindle books with charts. That is not enough to dissuade from purchase, as the balance of information is well worth the price. The content deserves 5 stars, but got 4 to address the Kindle issues.