Estimating Software Earlier and More Accurately

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[This article was written by David Garmus and David Herron, both of The David Consulting Group and is re-printed here via STSC with permission. It is basically an article that talks about the use of function points but did so in an easy-to-understand manner. I have altered some formatting but no content has been altered.]

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