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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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Online Collaboration Software

Binfire

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.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

While profit is not their goal, usually an economic impact figure can be estimated for the outcomes they aim to achieve. That could take two weeks and cost $100,000 when factoring in the new software license, the team's burn rate, and the cost of delay to the organization. The Economics of Risk Management.

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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Even the smallest firm (including my own company with all of two part-time employees) can use project management software. Our software tools are full of data from the risks we log to the estimates we fail to achieve. How long can we cruise on the coattails of project successes like London 2012? Blended Methodology.

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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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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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 Driven Organization Framework. Capabilities Based Planning.

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#NoEstimates Outlook in 2019: Is It Still Relevant?

Epicflow Blog

The movement aims at increasing productivity in the domain of software development by promoting management agility. NoEstimates Starts on the Grounds That Estimation Is of Little Value. NoEstimates Starts on the Grounds That Estimation Is of Little Value. Here’s a short overview of this trend and its prospects.

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