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What is the "Step-on-it" factor?

Jun 11, 2009  By ceolmor
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Item 17 in the LJ Index of the July 2009 issue quotes an average "Step-on-it" factor.

Maybe I should be put out to pasture but I've never heard of a "Step-on-it" factor.

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A Multiplier

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Submitted by Mitch Frazier on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 00:14.

Say a programmer figures it's gonna take 2 weeks to do some task. Since programmers always underestimate the time required to accomplish something, to arrive at a more realistic estimate, you "step-on-it" (the original estimate). In this case you multiply it by some factor.

Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.

That makes sense

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Submitted by ceolmor on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 08:13.

Thanks. Now I know what to call it!