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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

If you ever find yourself wanting to inject some energy into a cross-functional gathering of delivery staff and stakeholders, ask for their opinion on estimates. Relative sizing – this covered such techniques as story pointing, T-shirt sizing, affinity estimating and others. The low volume for #NoEstimates is not surprising.

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, you’ll learn: Where in the world pays project managers the most How many jobs are available in top cities Which cities made it into the Global Liveability Index Which city made it on to the list… even though it hasn’t been built yet Which city tops the list for EU investment. Source: PMI; figures relate to country).

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Earned Value Management (EVM): A Roadmap to Project Success

MPUG

government. Over the years, the significance of EVM has only amplified, becoming an ANSI standard by 1999 and being adopted by various government agencies, including the Department of Defense.[1] Crafting a Comprehensive Timeline : Standard cost estimation often presents costs in a linear or uniform manner. Anbari, F.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Governance. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

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 ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.

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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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Project Manager or Project Leader? What’s the Difference?

Online PM Courses

We have a full article on Personal Leadership that you may enjoy: Get Better Project Results with Personal Leadership. Relies on governance, hierarchies and controls. This table first appeared in Brilliant Project Leader , by Mike Clayton (Pearson, 2012) (US|UK). Another article you might like is: . Personal Leadership.

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