[EN] ByteSized RSE: Software Estimation or - How Long Is A Piece of String?

Welcome back to Season 2 of ByteSized RSE, a program supported by Universe-HPC http://www.universe-hpc.ac.uk .
The subject for this session is: Software Estimation and some ideas on how to approach it. 
Things mentioned in this episode:

• The Mythical Man Month, Frederick Brooks, 1975, 
• Software Estimation, Steve McConnell, https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Software_Estimation/U5VCAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• https://rclayton.silvrback.com/software-estimation-is-a-losing-game a critical view on software estimation by Richard Clayton
• https://www.stepsize.com/blog/the-best-software-estimation-techniques an overview of some estimation techniques
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker The Planning Poker
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_estimation 3-point estimation

Byte-sized RSE is presented in collaboration with the UNIVERSE-HPC project.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/computational-methods/rse/events/byte-sized-rse/
ByteSized RSE link to Imperial College

Audio clips:

• Frying sound: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/frying-cooking-food-34
• "Golden Girls" S6E15:  one of the many YouTube videos with Bea Arthur's (aka Dorothy Zbornak) best lines. 

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