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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Leading Answers

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. " So, when project managers hear about ideas such as "let's stop estimating," it can trigger a knee-jerk reaction. It sounds lazy and avoiding the hard work of having to estimate.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Wrike Review- 10 facts you should know

Binfire

Wrike was funded in 2006 by Andrew Filev and has locations in California, Ireland, and Russia. . The API’s documentation from Wrike is robust and enables other vendors to write add-on tools for the application. . . Lacks proper task estimation tools. It does not adjust the estimation when things go wrong.

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Timely vs Toggl: A Definitive Comparison [March 2024]

Teamweek

API documentation for custom extensions and integrations. Toggl is management software created in 2006 by Alari Aho and Krister Haav to help people effortlessly track time, manage projects, and coordinate team members. Also offers a public API that tech-savvy users can use to connect their tech stack. What is Toggl Track?

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Event-Based Scheduling , 10 November 2006. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Agile Projects using the SRDR and Earned Value Management , PSM Users Group 2017, 12-16 June 2017, Crystal City, VA. How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need ?

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The Trouble with Charts

Herding Cats

The findings in this document are extracted by looking for correlations between decisions or behaviors (keeping teams stable, setting your team sizes to between five and nine, keeping your work in process— WiP—low, etc.) The other statistical issue is the chart showing #Noestimates versus other types of estimates. But one more thing.

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