Hi Bob

>If you are going to guess, make sure you pad it. Make sure you include 'politic' time, 'meeting' time, admin time, testing time, documentation time, beta time, etc...
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>And for goodness sake, CREATING well defined requierments and functional specs aren't a WASTE of time, they are a necessity and a MAJOR time saver.

What can I say! I absolutely agree with you