>Hi Bob
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>>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.
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>What can I say! I absolutely agree with you

Hi Andy,

Just read through some of this and felt the following might be helpful to some extent or another to those who may be lurking.

Steve McConnell is probably best known for "Code Complete", but two other of his books should probably be mentioned in connection with large projects. Namely, "Rapid Development" and "Software Project Survival Guide". If someone wants to get a real handle on project management and hasn't read these three books, they can do themselves a great favor by getting them and reading them.