[SystemSafety] Collected stopgap measures

[Steve Tockey]

Derek,
Seriously? This is the best you have to offer??


— steve



> On Nov 16, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Derek M Jones <derek at knosof.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
>> If you properly apply the engineering process (as described in the new
>> book) then your actual schedule and cost will almost certainly be about
>> half of your estimated schedule and cost given the same level of staffing.
>> We are highly confident in stating this because these are the results we
>> have already seen on projects.
> 
> Many companies would be happy for their estimated schedule to be within
> 50% of the actual schedule.
> 
> Unless this is pure advertising puff, destined for the dust jacket
> of the book, it ought to say something like:
> 
> "We are highly confident in stating this because these are the results
> we have estimated to have occurred on other projects."
> 
> Since you have not seen these results, only estimated that they have
> occurred.
> 
> -- 
> Derek M. Jones           Software analysis
> tel: +44 (0)1252 520667  blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com