
Why are software development estimates regularly off by a factor of 2-3 times?
Software projects often take longer as expected. Why? See this great article by Michael Wolfe here! Why are software development estimates regularly off by a factor of 2-3 times? Map taken from bing.com/maps. Michael explains the occuring (and unexpected) problems with an anology of a planned hike on the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles to visit friends in Newport Beach. The line is about 400 miles long; they can walk 4 miles per hour for 10 hours per day, so they’ll be there in 10 days. Or…? ...







