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Ask a PM: How to Get Proper Estimates

LiquidPlanner

We do a lot of projects that are innovative (for us), and my development colleagues always seem reluctant when it comes to project planning. They won’t give me timescales that will help me plan. How do you deal with a team that refuses to estimate how long tasks will take? I’m getting tired of hearing, “It depends.”

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Exploring Estimation Approaches: What is the Right Fit for Scrum Teams!

Scrum.org

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. The purpose of estimation is to provide a rough idea of how much effort, time, and budget are needed to complete specific features or PBI- Product Backlog Item of the product.

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Planning a Budget for a Proposal in 5 Easy Steps (+ Example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A proposal budget instead aims to convince the evaluator that reads your proposal that you have a solid grasp of your plan and that you are worthy of being trusted with funding. In order to estimate costs well, you first need to estimate the amount of work you need to put into each activity you have planned. Other Costs.

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Mastering Project Estimation: Simplified Techniques for Reliable Scheduling

MPUG

When planning a new project, your boss, your client, or your project sponsor will want to know… “How long is this going to take?” The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. ” So, you need to give an answer.

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Ghosts of Agile Past: Story Points

Scrum.org

Initially intended as a tool for simplifying estimation, story points have become a source of confusion and dysfunction within teams. The inception of story points was meant to move teams away from the absolute estimation of tasks, such as the number of hours, to a more relative and flexible system.

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Will a Project Management Certification Help Your Career?

LiquidPlanner

Knowing how to plan, manage and monitor progress is important and can make the difference between meeting your goals for the year and not. The approach to planning ahead, creating a vision and knowing more or less where you were going made perfect sense; it was a practical tool that I could put into use as soon as I got back to the office.

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Women in Project Management: Rachel Mata

Rebel’s Guide to PM

All my previous job experiences had been surrounded by planning, coordinating logistics, and, more than that, getting things done. For 6 months, I planned and coordinated the induction, training, and performance measurement of all my team and new hires. The innovation that your work as a project manager can bring to life.