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More Americans Facing a Rent Burden

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million more than in 2004.  Between 2001 and 2015 median U.S. Add in increases in utilities and other related costs and the increase is close to 50%. In 2015 7 million of renter households were severely burdened, which is defined as spending more than half of their income on rent. Nearly 43 million U.S.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art , Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2015. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II , Barry Boehm, et. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006. Prentice Hall, 2000.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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In every business, people track what they believe is important: growth, profits, cost per impressions for marketing, whatever,” he explains. “So Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces.

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