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You obviously are not subject to the Dunning Kruger Effect. Those people overestimate their capabilities because they don't have the ability to accurately estimate what they don't know. Competent people know what they don't know, so underestimate accordingly.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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The only way you can accurately provide software estimates is by using standard Software Engineering practices such as Function Point Analysis.
Function Point Analysis relies on the use of a metric system in which every project you complete, you then record the metrics that were apparent in the endeavor.
Over time you will generate metrics for small, medium, large, and huge projects that can then be used as comparative standards to measure anew project accurately.
Function Point Analysis is well described in the Bible of Software Development, Stephen McConnell's, "Rapid Application Development (1996). However, there are more modern ways to perform this task, which have been developed in The Royal Netherlands.
I have used the original techniques myself with great accuracy.
Unfortunately, most technical managers and clients aren't very understanding about Software Engineering as most of these people are just idiots.
But you will get those people who will be very appreciative of your increasing accuracy...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I'm fairly good at estimating whole projects for some reason. It's the individual tasks where I overestimate how long they will take.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Function Point Analysis is based on the individual tasks, so it will be able to help you...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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Cool thanks! I'll look into it.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Microsoft, release me or you will die...
IT - for God's sake or mine, get your act together. Please, I'm begging.
I have a VM for my customer. I login, all is well. I'm in, pull up Outlook. My password needs to be entered. Entered - nope.
It's expired, please change it.. Okay - dialog box with old, new, new ver password - entered - nope. There is nothing, and I mean nothing in the dialog to indicate what sh*t s/w Microsoft has an issue with... old password? new? what? give me an f'ing clue.
Meanwhile phone is tinging with multiple "enter this code" authentication messages. All rejected.
There was a saying long ago that no one ever got fired for picking IBM. Then it became ... picking Microsoft. But I seriously have to wonder, who the elephant makes these decisions?
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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and no way to turn it off. And IT has been siloed to corporate land somewhere who the heck knows.
Someone made some changes on the corporate vpn and firewall, and they don't want to admit it. But the company *has* fully embraced the dark side (Microsoft), and now most of IT says, "well, we'll ask MS."
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I just happened to have heard "Walk of Life" as you wrote those words.
They sure were a great band. (Don't know if they still perform.)
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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