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MAY 13, 2024
This document is beneficial in the initial stages of the bidding process when a project team needs to understand the suppliers' capabilities or when the project scope is not yet fully defined. References Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (7th ed.).
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MAY 7, 2019
Benchmarking Effort Estimation Models Using Archetypal Analysis,” Nikolaos Mittas, Vagia Karpenisi, and Lefteris Angelis, ACM PROMIS ’14, September 17, 2014. Software Development Estimation Techniques in Industrial Contexts: An Exploratory Multiple Case-Study,” Zarour, A. How I Estimate Software Development Projects,” Alvin J.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2016
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 ‒ Steve McConnell. Armour, Communications of the ACM , January 2014, Vol. The Future of Systems-and Software Development.
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MAY 10, 2019
Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128, 1, March 2014.
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MARCH 11, 2018
Economics is the study of how people make decisions in resource-limited situations. Economics has two basis branches: Macroeconomics is the study of how people make decisions in resource-limited situations on a national or global scale. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project.
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MAY 11, 2019
Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128,
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AUGUST 22, 2018
No case study, no data, no description of what was the source of these savings other than NOT Estimating, no description of the processes, other than Not Estimating, no Root Cause of the core problems with the project in the first place, that when corrected or prevented would have removed cost, schedule, and headcount impacts.
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