Herding Cats
DECEMBER 16, 2017
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. Don't hear one?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Work out the end date ignoring the fixed delivery date, even if you do have to crash your analysis time into a shorter period and use estimates with a greater degree of uncertainty than normal. Backing in is when you start at the end of the project and work your way backwards calculating task estimates until you reach today.
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Binfire
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Online collaboration software is gaining wide acceptance. The collaboration market is one of the fastest growing markets in the software industry. In fact, by 2012 this market is estimated to be $42.57 In fact, by 2012 this market is estimated to be $42.57 Elements of good online collaboration software.
Scrum.org
JUNE 16, 2023
From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. We developed software solutions for external clients. Estimate the Product Backlog together. At the end of the session, we would make a rough estimation: “With the knowledge, we have at this point in time, we think it will take us somewhere between 5–7 Sprints”.
Herding Cats
JANUARY 9, 2017
The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. Peter Drucker (1975) Management (From The Principles of Software Engineering , Chapter 6, Tom Glib, 1988). Without these estimates, there is no risk management. Without these estimates, there can be no risk management.
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 5, 2018
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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.
Function Point
MAY 9, 2022
A solid traffic system; a traffic facilitator; precision job scheduling; a time recording process; collaboration diaries; POs, estimates and ownership; in house and freelance staff; and aligned vendors. Regardless of what software an agency uses, the level of support and consulting should be a major consideration.
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