On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Jason Van Patten <ja...@infogenix.com> wrote: > On 1/10/2012 10:09 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> One of my professors simply said, "If it's a hardware project, make >> your best guess then multiply by pi... If it's a software project, >> make your best guess, then multiply by pi squared." >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4734 - Release Date: 01/10/12 >> >> > I've always been a fan of the (x+2) *2 method where x is some length of > time. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
I've heard that if you go to get venture capital, the venture capitalist apply the rule of thirds. 1) It will cost three times are much as the estimated cost 2) It will earn 1/3 the revenue as the estimated revenue 3) It will take 3 times longer than the estimated time /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
