Faustian Risk: A Devil of a Bargain

by Robert N. Charette

Fifteen years ago, I wrote an article for IEEE Software called "Are We Developers Liars or Just Fools?" (July 1995). In that article, I asked how optimistic software development estimates can be before we cross over from being "overoptimistic" about what we can deliver, when, and at a particular cost, to just plain lying about them?

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Faustian Risk: A Devil of a BargainThu Jun 17 08:20:13 CDT 2010

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