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"Reference information about past completion times can reduce time underestimation in software project planning."

A controlled experiment found that providing reference information about past completion times mitigated, though did not eliminate, time underestimation, scope overload, and over-requirement.

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Source title Can the outside-view approach improve planning decisions in software development projects?
Source authors Ofira Shmueli, Nava Pliskin, Lior Fink
Source year 2016
Confidence high
Importance high
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