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Lies, Damn Lies, and Estimates

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Summary

Seb Rose wonders if estimates are worthwhile and discusses what business people – Steve McConnell, Demarco, Lister, Disraeli - have to say about this.

Bio

Seb Rose is an independent software developer, trainer and consultant based in the UK. He specializes in working with teams adopting and refining their agile practices, with a particular focus on automated testing. He is a regular conference speaker, contributor to O'Reilly's "97 Things Every Programmer Should Know" and co-author of the Pragmatic Programmer's "The Cucumber-JVM Book."

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ACCU is an organisation for anyone interested in developing and improving programming skills. ACCU welcomes everyone who is interested in any programming language. ACCU supports its members by hosting mailing lists, running a yearly conference, publishing journals and organising online study groups.

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Jul 04, 2014

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