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"Software developers’ most-likely effort estimates can be based on overly idealistic assumptions."

Experiments found that developers estimating most-likely effort appeared to rely on relatively idealistic assumptions, contributing to estimates that were too low.

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Source title Contrasting ideal and realistic conditions as a means to improve judgment-based software development effort estimation
Source authors Magne Jørgensen
Source year 2011
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