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QSM Software Project Estimation
Company blog · qsm.com/blogprogrammingbusiness
QSM Software Project Estimation is the company blog at qsm.com, writing about programming and business. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link QSM's software estimation and productivity material as a reference point. Commenters cite its language productivity table and its 2016 'impossible region' estimation post as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Everyone claims this about their favorite language. If I were a manager, I sure as hell wouldn't believe it. Well, it's been known for awhile that languages and environments can have a 2X or 3X influence on programmer productivity. http://www.qsm.com/resources/function-point-languages-table However, it's also widely held that individual programmer ability and the cultures of certain groups can have even larger affec…
Comment linking /resources/function-point-languages-table
on “Shall We Use Clojure?”Submitted New White Paper: An Analysis of Function Point Trends as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm going from some old bits I wrote nearly 20 years ago about software estimation here... but some of it may be applicable to other projects. A bit more recent on it can be read at http://www.qsm.com/blog/2016/impossible-region-revisited Given the estimate of how long something takes, and dividing it up amongst the people who can do it, and then say... we're going to deliver it in 75% of the optimal time (based on…
Comment linking /blog/2016/impossible-region-revisited
on “Amtrak derailment: safety gear was not active after rush to launch service”Submitted Updated Software Performance Benchmark Table as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThat specific finding was from what appears to be the 1997 QSM study [0], though the description I am familiar with it from (Mike Cohn’s Succeeding in Agile: Software Development Using Scrum , 2010, describes it as covering projects in 2003-2005 (the author, organization, and number of projects in the analysis, and the one result chart from the study that is in the article on the web [1] match between the book and t…
Comment linking /articles/team-size-can-be-key-successful-project
on “The End of Agile”Submitted Does Agile Scale? by Larry Putnam, Jr. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted New Article: Data-Driven Estimation, Management Lead to High Quality as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted QSM Releases Function Point Languages Table 5.0 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Basketball Can Teach Us About Software Estimation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Faster/Better/Cheaper is a great mantra - but is it actually achievable? as a story · 1 points
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