Top-Down Estimates Usually Are Derived from Someone Who Uses Experience

question 50

True/False

Top-down estimates usually are derived from someone who uses experience and / or information to determine the project duration and total cost.

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Personal Attribution

The process of ascribing the cause or reason for someone’s behavior to their personal characteristics or dispositions.

Situational Attribution

Attributing an individual's behavior to external circumstances rather than to internal characteristics.

Unstable

Lacking consistency or predictability; prone to rapid or unexpected change.