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On the fractal nature of effort estimates (2016)

by adamkl on 11/8/21, 2:41 PM with 6 comments

• by pengstrom on 11/9/21, 10:52 AM

  Quick note.

  >One of the main characteristics of fractals is that they are self-similar

  This is only almost true. A fractal is characterized by having a fractional dimension. This is what allows measurements to be different at different levels of detail.

• by pythonlion on 11/9/21, 10:17 AM

  I feel its the same story in the theoretical departments in academia.

• by jFriedensreich on 11/9/21, 10:03 AM

  This is the first time i hear this analogy and its brilliant.

• by ianandrich on 11/8/21, 11:08 PM

  This... makes a lot of sense.

• by Hammershaft on 11/9/21, 1:23 AM

  This was excellent.