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Winning Estimation Tactics for Agile Teams: From Calibration to Confidence

Scrum.org

Estimates are notoriously bad. In the world of agile development, inaccurate estimates can lead to missed deadlines, blown budgets, and frustrated teams. But why is estimation so challenging? Estimates are predictions, and predictions are inherently uncertain.

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Construction Budget: A Quick Guide (with Examples)

ProjectManager.com

Creating a construction budget, therefore, is one of the most important pieces when developing a construction plan. How do you create a construction budget, anticipate the costs for a project and track them to make sure you’re not overspending? Let’s take a look at what goes into making a construction budget.

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Demand Management: Process, Importance and Tools

ProjectManager.com

Demand management is cross-functional as it crosses many disciplines, from consumer demand, supply teams and inventory to marketing and customer service. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with resource allocation features to keep teams working at capacity.

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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

ProjectManager.com

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. ProjectManager has workload charts to keep teams productive.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

ProjectManager.com

Cost control as a process begins with budgeting. Actual financial results are compared with the budgeted expectations and if the actual costs are more than what was budgeted, actions to reduce those costs must be implemented. Again, the more accurate the budget, the more likely you can adhere to it and stay profitable.

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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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Key Skill for Project Managers: Concept Development

Inloox

Does this sound familiar: A manager calls an employee in and proudly informs them about new challenges, ideas and projects. Thus, concept development is an important key skill for project managers and all those who want to become one. You need the following competencies for successful concept development: 1.