I got this book recently because I loved Code Complete. I've read the first half, haven't had time to finish, but the key take away for me is that nothing reall

I got this book recently because I loved Code Complete. I've read the first half, haven't had time to finish, but the key take away for me is that nothing really beats historical data. In fact, he showed that even breaking down things into tiny details is not much help without historical data to base estimates on, or maybe I'm misremembering.