Common mistakes during Estimation
Its been a loooong time since I've added to this blog. And what a day the last day of year 2010 and here I am typing away with gusto. This blog is to bring in the most common mistakes that we software engineers make during our estimation. Be it the normal SDLC or be during Agile, be it while preparing a WBS or be it while preparing a Prioritized backlog estimate, mistakes are bound to creep up. I was searching for some common mistakes and here are a few which appealed to me, Source Jones in the book "Estimating software costs", Got this info thru the pmhut. Some of the most common things that go amiss are as follows: 1. Underestimating the effort of Doc and Code reviews, Code walkthru's, inspections and testing 2. Underestimating the effort to provide documentation 3. Underestimating travel and meeting costs 4. Ignoring scope creep (approx estimate at 1-5 % per month) 5. Exaggerating the effect of tools, languages and methods 6. Missing special testi