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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.

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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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The Frog Project: Saving wildlife one bucket at a time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2012, Helen Mason stood outside her home and looked at the road. The project estimating techniques you use also help Helen’s team work out how busy a night they are going to have. Continually improving the process. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. The frog-saving team.

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9 Steps to Managing Risk for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

When teams have a good project risk management process in place, then you can identify and deal with all the project’s risks in an appropriate and thorough manner. an estimate of three or more on the scale mentioned in No. Estimation. But there are ways you can mitigate and manage risk. Assign owners. And who doesn’t want that?

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. While profit is not their goal, usually an economic impact figure can be estimated for the outcomes they aim to achieve. Risk management, like backlog prioritization, is not a once-and-done process.

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Focusing on the Right Risk – Risk Magic

The IIL Blog

In this article, let’s look at a few ways we can change from risk managing us to us managing the risk. ©2012, Chapter 11, page 310]. Action: Reduce the variability, understand it better with 3-point estimates or tornado diagrams. I started the article by saying that some people believe there is risk magic.

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

Let’s figure it out in the article. . missing important milestones, unavailability of a critical employee), Estimating (e.g., unrealistic or inaccurate estimates), Communicating (miscommunication between the project participants). [1]. Apart from numerous benefits, this process is accompanied with certain risks, too. .