. As a general rule, if a software project takes longer than 18 months, it’s because the engineers ran into unsolved fundamental research problems
Shouldn’t 18 months be a upper bound, rather than your estimate, on the length of a software project then?
It is an upper bound. That’s why I said in the OP:
(Really it probably takes less than 6 months, but planning fallacy and all that.)
Ah, I see. Thanks.
Shouldn’t 18 months be a upper bound, rather than your estimate, on the length of a software project then?
It is an upper bound. That’s why I said in the OP:
Ah, I see. Thanks.