Blog Posts with Tag Software Process

Why is estimating in hours so difficult? I often wondered this as I sit and am required to put hours on tasks. I had been formulating ideas on this, and these are the conclusions I've come to so far. I've been reading some select chapters from "The Mythical Man-Month". The book has some key conceptual ideas behind estimating that are still relevant nearly 50 years after it was published. However being 50 years old, there are also some chapters that are very antiquated and…