language, influence on estimates, 64–65, 247
large numbers, law of, 115, 137
large projects, 78. See also project size
error density and, 242
estimation flow (reestimating), 174
late development stage, 80
counting at, 85
schedule estimates, 223
late projects
how late (software industry), 26
recalibrating after missed milestones, 175–179
unnecessary activities from, 23
Law of Large Numbers, 115, 137
lengthening schedule to reduce effort, 228
lines of code (LOC), 55–56
collecting data on, 95
converting function points to, 202–203
size estimation with, 198–200
logical files, as function points, 200