{"id":27585,"date":"2020-10-20T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?p=27585"},"modified":"2023-02-24T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:57:14","slug":"using-unknowns-to-reliably-estimate-software-project-duration-october-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/2020\/10\/20\/using-unknowns-to-reliably-estimate-software-project-duration-october-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Unknowns to Reliably Estimate Software Project Duration | October 20, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" style=\"padding: 25px;\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/2159741\/embedPlaykitJs\/uiconf_id\/54272102?iframeembed=true&#038;entry_id=1_1uu7a4v0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Kaltura Player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Faculty Speaker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/profile\/john-keklak\/\">John Keklak<\/a>, Lecturer<br \/>\n<em>Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator<\/em><br \/>\nOctober 20, 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> In this TECH Byte, Professor Keklak will discuss how to use the \u201cunknowns\u201d concept (presented earlier this summer in the TECH Byte entitled \u201cThe Power of Unknowns\u201d) to reliably estimate how much time is required to complete a software project. In addition to presenting a method for computing reliable time estimates, Professor Keklak will point out common missteps that lead to chronic underestimation of time required to complete a project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Faculty Speaker: John Keklak, Lecturer Moderated by: Andrey Blidman, Computer Science Program Coordinator October 20, 2020 Abstract: In this TECH Byte, Professor Keklak will discuss how to use the \u201cunknowns\u201d concept (presented earlier this summer in the TECH Byte entitled \u201cThe Power of Unknowns\u201d) to reliably estimate how much time is required to complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21442,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10843],"tags":[10848,10866,10853],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27586,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27585\/revisions\/27586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}