Archive for December, 2009

Estimation Rule of Thumb
Monday, December 21st, 2009

An time estimation rule of thumb for software development in startups. (Somewhat tongue-in-cheek.) The rule Make a good estimate of the work (in any time unit). Multiply that number by itself in months plus one. What you get is a reasonable estimate for release date (in the original time unit). Examples Some examples: Work estimated [...]

The Bus Factor
Monday, December 14th, 2009

The Bus Factor, as defined by Wikipedia: A software project’s bus factor is a measurement of concentration of information in a single person, or very few people. The bus factor is the total number of key developers who would if incapacitated, as by getting hit by a bus, send the project into such disarray that [...]