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| Subject | use | see also | is a kind of | be | is a subtopic of | has definition | 
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| optimistic-likely-pessimistic estimation | elapsed time | process^2 | cost estimation | a continuous activity | 11.3 - Cost Estimation | An approach to cost estimation in which you make three estimates for each task and for the project as a whole: An optimistic estimate, (in which everything goes well) the likely estimate and a pessimistic estimate (where you account for everything that could go wrong) | 
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