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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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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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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

Scrum.org

From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. In this article, I’ll share how we addressed this challenge, what experiments we tried, and what insights I gained from the period after 2015. Estimate the Product Backlog together. Footnote: this article, and the solution I describe, isn’t based on one case.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

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. Related articles.

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Effectively Using Excel for Analyzing MS Project Data

MPUG

Microsoft introduced Visual Reports in MSP 2010, but as a whole, MSP still lacks universal appeal. I have written this article to take you beyond MSP’s Visual Reports capabilities. In this article, you will learn how to exploit Excel’s pivot tables for analyzing MSP data. MS Project Data and Excel Pivot tables. Conclusion.

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Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Estimating For Success. Maybe best of all, Moore talks about range-based estimates – a topic I’m very interested in. Moore explains that estimates are biased towards the initial values because people don’t adjust their estimates again after making that initial decision.

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Estimating the Risk

Herding Cats

In order to make risk-informed decisions, we must estimate the outcomes and the impacts of those outcomes on future activities (cost, schedule, and technical performance of products and services). Without these estimates, there is no risk management. Without these estimates, there can be no risk management. Related articles.