Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets – Part 1
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets – Part 1 By Johanna Rothman Almost every manager I know wants to know when a project will be done. Some managers decree when a project will be...
Category: Scheduling
8 Reasons Why the Estimates Are Too Low
8 Reasons Why the Estimates Are Too Low By Jens Schauder One of the most difficult tasks in a software development project is estimating the size of the project. Unfortunately very often you have...
Clarifying the Usage of Schedule Dependencies, Constraints & Deadlines
Clarifying the Usage of Schedule Dependencies, Constraints & Deadlines By Kiron D. Bondale While a correctly developed project schedule is a thing of beauty, a poorly created one can be a source of frustration...
Estimating Software Effort
Estimating Software Effort By Sydney du Plooy Estimating the effort it takes to produce a software product is a fairly difficult process. There are a couple of reasons why. They range from management politics...
It’s a Plan, Not a Grocery List
It’s a Plan, Not a Grocery List By Kerry Wills Creating a project plan is an art; it really is. A plan should be a facilitated inventory of all deliverables with associated activities organized...
Project Schedule and Cost Estimating – Part 1
Project Schedule and Cost Estimating – Part 1 By Martin Webster There can’t be a crisis next week. My schedule is full. – Henry Kissinger Project schedule and cost estimating are very important activities....
Effective Sequence Planning And Time Scheduling For Projects
Effective Sequence Planning And Time Scheduling For Projects By Hauke Borow In the previous articles you’ve learned something about the nature of projects and the management of them. I’ve told you that a project...
Enough is Enough: Planning is Important, But…
Enough is Enough: Planning is Important, But… By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation Over and over we hear how inadequate we are in planning our projects. Lots of people judge it to be this...
Project Management Foundations – Performing Resource Analysis and Creating the Resource Plan
Project Management Foundations – Performing Resource Analysis and Creating the Resource Plan By Steve Hart In a previous article, I talked about resource loading your project schedule (estimating the resource needs, and loading resource...
Project Management Foundations – Estimating and Loading Resources
Project Management Foundations – Estimating and Loading Resources By Steve Hart One of the common pitfalls I often run across when reviewing project schedules is inadequate attention or diligence around the area of resource...
