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Software Development Cross Solution - Index of - Free

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from ideal to real estimates<br />

Programmers think in UTOPIAN days...<br />

Ask a programmer how long it takes to get something done, like writing a PHP<br />

interface to a MySQL database, or maybe screen-scraping World Series scores from<br />

espn.com. They’re going to give you a better-than-best-case estimate.<br />

Here’s what a programmer SAYS...<br />

...but here’s what he’s really THINKING<br />

90 Chapter 3<br />

Sure, no problem, I can crank<br />

through that in two days.<br />

Most developers assume they’re the only<br />

people involved, that they’ll make no mistakes,<br />

that testing is someone else’s job...<br />

I’ll grab a Monster on the way home, program till 3<br />

A.M., take a Halo break, then work through the morning.<br />

Sleep a few hours, get the guys over to hack with me,<br />

and finish at midnight. As long as nothing goes wrong...<br />

and Mom doesn’t need me to pick up dinner.<br />

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But there are about 10 assumptions in<br />

here...and these are just the ones the<br />

developer knows about!

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