IT:AD:Design:Estimates
- Checklists: checklist of AD tasks, used to inform the meta IT/PM/Estimates/Checklists
- See also:
- IT:PM: How a Manager sees the same estimates.
Summary
Good estimates minimize risk of failure (not to be confused with get rid of risk).
Yet, as a whole, our industry is absolutely abysmal at correctly estimating the size of projects.
Resources
* Are they ever going to get any good?
* EXCELLENT: http://agile.csc.ncsu.edu/SEMaterials/EstimatingPlanning.pdf * http://okapya.com/rekall/why-use-triangulation * http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/books/agile-estimating-and-planning/ * http://www.matvoz.com/blog/2013/10/let-me-tell-you-why-the-last-20-of-work-takes-the-same-amount-of-time-as-the-first-80/ * http://www.infoq.com/articles/software-development-effort-estimation