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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Practical Fibonacci: A Beginner's Guide to Relative Sizing

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O verview of Agile Estimating. When more is known than unknown, use absolute estimating. A traditional or Waterfall software development lifecycle includes a long and detailed planning period to define requirements before beginning development. But teams still need to estimate their work to forecast releases.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

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The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? As more details get developed, the Cone converges to the actual value. Steve McConnell.

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Agile & Project PPM: The Better Together Story

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There are many who have the misconception that Agile is just for software development. It has been and is being used for manufacturing, engineering, construction, testing, and many other project processes that require iterations or iterative working sessions leading to a final result. Understanding Agile.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Managment Processes. Software for Your Mind: Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Creating and Maintaining a Shared Vision. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Event-Based Scheduling , 10 November 2006. Presentations and Briefings.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

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Specific actions to reduce the Episuncertaintiesnaties and Margin to handle the Aleatory uncertainies are part of any good project management process. . The Cone of Uncertainty,” Stephen Gryphon, Phillippe Kruchten, and Steve McConnell, Letters, IEEE Software , 23 (5) 2006, pp 8?10. 37–48, 2007.

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Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. De Meyer, C.