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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Avaramidlis and J.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. Google will find these when there is no URL provided.

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Project Resource Management: The Ultimate Guide on How to Master It

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. Characteristics of human resources in project management.

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11 project risk examples: Watch out for these common pitfalls

Planio

Aside from helping you to avoid disaster, risk management has a range of wider project benefits, including: More accurate project estimates: Factoring in risks and uncertainty helps project managers more accurately estimate their project’s timeline, budget, and benefits.

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How to Use Wrike for Professional Services Performance for Project Budget Management

Wrike

As many as 27% of projects go over budget, which can negatively impact client relationships and profits. One in six of those over-budget projects nearly doubles the original estimate. . When you efficiently monitor your budget, it’s easy to compare current expenses with projected estimates in real-time.

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Everything You Need to Know About Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)

Wrike

Precise, systematic RBS project management methods coordinate team collaborative processes and workflow from start to finish, encouraging sharing of resources and synchronization of projects to program-level execution. Informative post-production analysis for future project planning. What is a resource breakdown structure?

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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. Turns out in the real world there is no such project. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value?

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