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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. 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”. We developed software solutions for external clients.

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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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How to Manage Your Creative Firm and Make a Profit

Function Point

There is a requirement to track time and expenses as they relate to both billable and non-billable work to ensure that the agency is profitable and that the business remains sustainable at the most basic level. According to Second Wind ( secondwindonline.com ) there are eight must haves in a creative agency workflow.

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Invested in Sustainability as a PM? You should be!

EarthPM

Few companies make it a priority to communicate their sustainability performance to investors, or even develop a robust story about their sustainability performance. Investors care more about sustainability issues than many executives believe. estimates it earns $3 for every $1 invested in environmental initiatives.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Examining the Value of Monte Carlo Simulation of Project Time Management,” Goran Avlijas, Management: Journal of Sustainable Business Management Solutions in Emerging Economies , March 2018. Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ? Dorofee, et.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Examining the Value of Monte Carlo Simulation of Project Time Management,” Goran Avlijas, Management: Journal of Sustainable Business Management Solutions in Emerging Economies , March 2018. Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ? Dorofee, et.