Schedule Estimation and Uncertainty Surrounding the Cone of Uncertainty

Authors:
Todd Little
Affiliations:
Landmark Graphics
Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
2006

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Abstract

One software product company found that its project duration estimation accuracy followed a lognormal distribution and the uncertainty range was nearly identical at all stages in the project life cycle. This conflicts with popular interpretation of the "cone of uncertainty" concept.