Software Testing - An insight into Effort Estimation

Software Project Management is as exciting as a Roller Coaster ride! We hit the astonishing heights and have the mightiest of the falls...shoot upwards again…it is scary, fascinating, challenging, all at the same time with the most unexpected twists and turns. The satisfaction you get after the ride is immense but sometimes it tires us so much that we would rather prefer to be on a carousel. Well, the trick to successful project management is to strike a balance between these two. Much of the frenzied action in the projects can be attributed to the oversight during the estimation phase. Hence it is very important to identify and fix the flaws in the estimation process to ensure that the project has all the excitement of the roller coaster ride and at the same time is as safe as a Carousel.

This book explains the typical software estimation pitfalls with the help of a project example and provides an insight into important estimation lessons that every project manager should remember while planning their projects.