Growing Software: An Economic Analysis by
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I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this essay. I authorize the University of Waterloo to lend this essay to other institutions or individuals for the purposes of scholarly research. I further authorize the University of Waterloo to reproduce this essay by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. i The University of Waterloo requires the signatures of all persons using or photocopying this essay. Please, sign below, and give your address and date. ii Software Engineering can still be considered a recent science. In the last 30 years a lot has been written about it. But why in the 90s we still do not have Software projects delivered on time and on budget? The man-month myth still survives and new metrics systems try to coexist with
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