@article {Jorgensen.2007.3,
	title = {Characteristics of Software Engineers With Optimistic Predictions},
	journal = {Journal of Systems and Software},
	volume = {80},
	number = {9},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {1472-1482},
	abstract = {This paper examines to which degree level of optimism in software engineers{\textquoteright} predictions is related to optimism on previous predictions, scores on tests of general level of optimism (explanatory style, life orientation and self-assessed optimism), development skill, confidence in accuracy of own predictions, and, ability to recall effort used on previous tasks. Results from four experiments suggest that more optimistic software engineers are characterized by more optimistic previous predictions, higher confidence in accuracy of own predictions, lower development skills, poorer ability to recall effort on previous tasks, and, higher optimism scores. A substantial part of the variation of level of optimism seems, however, to be random.},
	author = {J{\o}rgensen, Magne and Faugli, Bj{\o}rn and Tanja Milijana {Gruschke}}
}
