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Topic: Estimation (project management)

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Puget Sound Chapter of PMI - Home Go to http://www.pmi.org for the Project Management Institute of which we are one of the largest chapters. Microsoft Project 2003 is the most popular project management tool in the world today. With a software project, the top three factors that determine its ultimate success: estimation, estimation, estimation. www.pugetsoundpmi.org   (436 words)

Software : Business : Project Management - Scheduling tasks, work time, and more Project management involves coordinating the efforts of a number of individuals and influences towards a common goal, as well as making sure the right resource is available to action the right tasks at the right time, and all within budget! Project leaders may be assigned to jobs and the tasks which make up the jobs may be assigned to general employees. The system manages tasks and assignments, schedules events, encourages work breakdown and delegation and improves the accuracy of time estimation. bus-soft.tripod.com /project.htm   (436 words)

CRN Scope-iT Planner, project management, rules-based estimation 'Scope iT' Right for Project Management Ease Scope iT, from the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based company of the same name, is a new and relatively small project-planning software service that is expected to grow because of its features geared toward helping managers solidly start projects. These frameworks require specific processes to be repeated on every project, allowing managers to build a foundation for improvement. While engaging on initial project stages, users often go through several iterations of Scope iT Planner’s factor questions (based on cost) before exporting that information over to Microsoft Project or PPM products. www.crn.com /sections/software/software.jhtml?articleId=178600484   (679 words)

UpsidePMO - Project and Resource Management Solution UpsidePMO is a project management office tool that enables efficient and effective management of resources and both project-based and ongoing activities. Through role, project and template based security, stakeholders have access to the information and functions they need with effective workflow management and notification to ensure they act when required. Enables continual improvement in project and activity estimation www.upsidepmo.com   (679 words)

STSC CrossTalk - Software Cost Estimation in 2002© - Jun 2002 Often the cost estimation tool will handle high-level scheduling of the whole project, but the intricate calculations involving dependencies, staff availability, and resource leveling will be done by the project management tool. The current best practice for software cost estimation is to use a combination of software cost estimation tools coupled with software project management tools, under the careful guidance of experienced software project managers and estimation specialists. One of the trickier aspects of estimating the staffing for large applications is the fact that sometimes as many as 35 different occupation groups might be working on a large project at the same time. www.stsc.hill.af.mil /crosstalk/2002/06/jones.html   (3759 words)

Software Management Buy Software Project Planning and Management completes the book, integrating the elements of cost and schedule estimation and control, risk management, and the role metrics play in performing those tasks. Process Management and Control, which describes the key activities needed to define, support, and manage a project's software development processes. To cite a few examples; requirements are unclear at the beginning of projects and are not managed during the project, the product is not tested adequately, schedules are misestimated or not tracked in sufficient detail. www.ventosoftware.com /232-Software-Management.html   (3759 words)

Corporate management rating - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia Within the framework of the project "Corporate management rating" the Russian Institute of directors and "Expert RA" rating agency start a joint research, the results of which will be published in the end of February, 2004. The aim of the research is to analyze the practice of corporate management in the leading public companies of the Russian business by 2003 year results according to the technique of corporate management quality estimation, developed by "RID- Expert RA" consortium. The result of the research should be a distant estimation of corporate management quality of the Russian issuers. www.gateway2russia.com /artr.php?artid=202689&rubid=104&parent=Hot+Projects&grandparent=EXPERT+RA+Rating+Agency   (3759 words)

Borland : CaliberRM™ Powerful estimation capabilities take project planning and impact analysis to a new level, helping organizations optimize the software delivery process by delivering projects with greater predictability and control. Designed to capture and manage business, technical, functional, and operational requirements, CaliberRM enables stakeholders across the organization to collaborate effectively so that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to specification. Using CaliberRM to define, prioritize, and track requirements throughout the project lifecycle, software development teams are able to respond rapidly to ever-changing requirements without jeopardizing project success. www.borland.com /caliber   (533 words)

Resources Journal of Cost Analysis and Management (a publication of the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis) is a multi-disciplinary, refereed journal that publishes articles on a variety of subjects that deal with cost estimating and cost analysis in a variety of contexts, and with systems and concepts that affect costs and their estimation/analysis. Managing the Construction Process: Estimating, Scheduling, and Project Control, 1/e, November, 1996, Frederick E. Gould, 400 pp., Cloth (0-13-352337-3). Cost Xpert - software costing tool calculates information including project costs, schedules, tasks, deliverables, maintenance, and support requirements. www.jsc.nasa.gov /bu2/resources.html   (533 words)

Project Management Directory - Project Management Case Pragmatic Software: Intranet software for project management and... Browser based software for project management, help desk, and document management. Provides cost estimation software as well as research. i5webs.com /projectmanagementcase   (848 words)

ITWALES.COM - Agile Project Management with Scrum Traditional software project management techniques have tended to concentrate on "command and control" methods, where an elaborate plan is created and fixed during the inception of the project. Scrum is a management technique for small, multidisciplinary teams working on product-centric projects. Scrum project managers are called "Scrum masters" and adopt a different role in the process. www.itwales.com /998612.htm   (1585 words)

ALLPM :: The Project Manager's HomePage Project Management competency is not only relevant for the professional who must rely on the skill for the successful completion of projects. This article will address general estimation techniques commonly used when planning projects and how they can help improve the accuracy and reliability of estimates prepared by project team members. The paper concludes with a set of guidelines that project professionals can use in their own organizations to set the stage for a culture focused on metrics and one that is friendly toward projects. www.allpm.com   (2353 words)

Intranet and extranets for virtual project management Virtual project management (VPM) is the Information Age equivalent of management by walking around. The solution is to visit project resources virtually rather than physically, a variation that might be called management by flying around -- except that travel takes place in cyberspace, and you need not leave your office to do it. In such cases the dimension of process management can consume more resources than the projects themselves. www.intranetjournal.com /features/idm0398-pm1.shtml   (1683 words)

Does Calibration Improve Predictive Accuracy Project managers have the responsibility to make accurate estimations of cost and effort, but without good software cost estimation tools, the effectiveness of software project management is reduced. The problems in estimation are exacerbated by continued changes in software technologies and variations in the structure of software projects. Software cost estimation models can be improved by using historical data, following a repeatable process like the SEI-CMM or ISO 9001, and including all the relevant factors that affect software development. www.coba.usf.edu /isds/grads/douglas/abstract.doc   (1516 words)

Dovico Project Management, Time Tracking and Time Managment Software - Award Winning Time Tracking Software for Business Management and Activity Based Costing. Over 135 different customizable reports and graphs in real time for time management, project management, time tracking, project costing, timesheet and attendance, project tracking and estimation analysis. Suite time and project management software assists small to enterprise wide corporations with better timesheet and project tracking (project metrics gathering) by providing an excellent time management and project management tool. Project Management, Time Management Software, Timesheet, Time Tracking, Time and Attendance, Time Billing Software, Timesheet Software, Time Attendance Software, Expense Management Software, Time Tracking Software, Project Tracking, Attendance Software, Web Based Timesheet, Project Tracking Software, Time Management System, Project Management Software, Workflow Management www.dovico.com /free_30-day_trial   (1516 words)

Fictionwise eBooks: Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making by Chris Chapman & Stephen Ward Ten tales, based on real cases, explore a range of project related problems, including: cost estimation, pricing competitive bids, risk allocation and incentive contract design, evaluation of threats and opportunities, buffer management in a supply chain, investment appraisal, portfolio management, and strategy formulation. Rigorously grounded conceptually but developed to meet practical concerns, this book underpins and extends the scope and power of current approaches to the management of risk and uncertainty in projects and related operational and strategic management decision making. Keeping formal analysis simple, without being simplistic, and adding complexity only when it facilitates additional insights, they provide a framework for 'constructive simplicity' which can be used to enhance risk and uncertainty management in any area of managerial decision making, whether in a project, operational, or strategic context. www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook13552.htm   (1516 words)

Corporate Contract Abuse - DemocracyRising.US In nine different reports, government auditors have found “widespread, systemic problems with almost every aspect of Halliburton's work in Iraq, from cost estimation and billing systems to cost control and subcontract management.” Six former employees of Vice President Cheney’s old company have come forward, corroborating the auditors' concerns. Source: Federal Contracting and Iraq Reconstruction Report, Project on Government Oversight, March 11, 2004, http://www.pogo.org/p/contracts/co-040301-iraq.html. Oversight staff have been cut by up to 35% and their budgets by up to 41% in some offices. democracyrising.us /content/view/27/94   (1516 words)

University of St. Thomas :: Graduate Programs in Software, IT & IS Project management issues such as scheduling and estimation are discussed, and quality management including test planning and design is a major focus. Database systems includes query processing, transaction concepts and management such as concurrency control and recovery from failure, and database security and authorization. DDBMS are systems that handle management of distributed data, data models, semantic integrity enforcement, transaction management, communication subsystem, integrated DDBMS design and heterogeneous integration of existing DDBMS. www.stthomas.edu /gradsoftware/current/gps_course_desc.asp   (4232 words)

Biosketches North American Participants Since she started at the ITS Center at the University of Toronto, Lina’s interests broadened into the area of intelligent transportation systems with emphasis on advanced traffic management and demand estimation which are the focus of her dissertation research. Currently she is the Rapporteur on the Atlantic research Project – Canadian Participation, conducting research on Network Monitoring and Traffic Management and Control practice in Canada as compared to US and Europe. He is the Chair-Elect of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, and on the Executive Committee of the Section on Transportation Policy and Administration of the American Society for Public Administration. www.stellaproject.org /BiosketchesNA.htm   (4232 words)

Software Cost Estimation Using Economic Production Models The MSCM model is compared with other widely used software cost models, such as COCOMO and SLIM, on the basis of goodness of fit and quality of estimation using software project data sets available in the literature. In addition, the MSCM model provides some insights about the behavior of software development processes and environment, which could be used to formulate guidelines for better software project management polices and practices. Software development could be modeled as an economic production process and we therefore propose a theoretical approach to software cost modeling. jmis.bentley.edu /articles/v15_n1_p143/index.html   (187 words)

dioxide Software Dioxide: The Ecosystem for Software - Project Management, Product software engineering and management, quality assurance, SE and M, ecosystem, Foundation for your software engineering process the ecosystem www.tin-dioxide.com /1470_dioxide.html   (258 words)

Methvin Estimating Software - Project Management It is a Project Management tool, which will make your life a lot easer while estimating and managing large construction projects. Methvin is a user friendly Project Management, Construction Pricing System used for Estimating Large Construction Projects. Some of Methvin Estimating Software's unique features include the ability to break down tasks into sub-bills to allow for more detail, and the ability to lock tasks independently to allow for imbalanced rates. www.methvin.org   (226 words)

SEER-DFM 5.1 Offers Three Composite Cost Estimation Models For more than 25 years, engineers, project managers and cost estimators throughout the world have turned to Galorath Incorporated for the industry’s most comprehensive set of decision-support and process management tools. "SEER-DFM now provides the ultimate in modeling capabilities for composite estimation," said Karen McRitchie, vice president of development. It allows design engineers to produce reliable estimates for manufacturing costs as well as design and producibility guidance to achieve the most efficient and affordable designs possible. www.galorath.com /news_PR-041215.shtm   (569 words)

Software Cost Estimation, Software Project Management, Hardware Cost Estimation, Design for Manufacturing Software Cost Estimation, Software Project Management, Hardware Cost Estimation, Design for Manufacturing Galorath helps engineers, managers and cost analysts plan and control critical projects with advanced modeling tools and services. The U.S. Navy estimates that this design-to-cost methodology www.galorath.com   (139 words)

Distance Sampling, Abundance Estimation, line transect sampling, point transect sampling, postdoc Densities are readily modelled as a function of habitat, and density surfaces are readily estimated, allowing for example estimation of abundance by any management area of interest, simply by numerically integrating over the appropriate section of the surface. Thus estimation is fully integrated, in contrast with established methods of analysing distance sampling data, in which up to four components (encounter rate, effective width or area, mean cluster size and probability of detection on the line or point) are separately estimated, and are usually assumed to be independently estimated. A project, funded by signatories of the ASCOBANS treaty and the European Commission, to estimate the number of harbour porpoise (a species that is particularly difficult to survey) in the North Sea, gave the impetus for further development. dolphin.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /survey.html   (139 words)

Puget Sound Chapter of PMI - Home Good project management requires good project planning and good planning, in turn, requires accurate work estimation. John will also be our dinner speaker, discussing Five Sigma® Project Management: Emerging Practices in Project Management. In our pre-dinner presentation, John Nevison presents The Dragon’s Tail and Darth Vader’s Breath: Range-Based Estimation and Better Project Planning. www.pugetsoundpmi.org /index.shtml   (431 words)

STSC CrossTalk - The V Model - Jun 2000 The V Model, Methods Standard, and Tool Standard present complete coverage of the functional areas software development, quality assurance, configuration management, and project management), provide concrete support, is sophisticated, yet flexible and balanced, has a wide spectrum, and is publicly controlled under the supervision of a Change Control Board. The V Model is composed of four submodels: software development, quality assurance, configuration management, and project management. An example of a service unit schema for cost estimation is allocation—planning, detailed planning, and estimation models; brief characteristics—requirements on tools to support the cost estimation realized by basis of already available empirical values from earlier projects, project specific marginal conditions, and by assumptions of future developments. www.stsc.hill.af.mil /crosstalk/2000/06/Hirschberg.html   (2164 words)

SDSU: Academics - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty: Allen L. Jones He is an experienced project manager and geotechnical engineer; his career has progressed from field studies and construction observation to technical studies, project and client management, and senior-level review. Miller, S. M., Jones, A. (1988) “Probabilistic estimation of earthquake ground shaking intensities in Idaho and Western Montana,” in Proceedings of the 24th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, February 29 – March 2, pp. Jones, A., Kramer, S., Arduino, P. (2002) “Estimation of uncertainty in geotechnical properties for performance-based earthquake engineering”, PEER-2002/16, Berkeley: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Dec. 2002, 100 pages. www3.sdstate.edu /Academics/CollegeOfEngineering/CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering/FacultyAndStaff/JonesAllenL/Index.cfm   (393 words)

Software Engineering at SPC The SPC team has created project estimation, documentation and assessment tools used in over 1,200 companies around the world, including many Fortune 100 companies. We are experts in software process improvement, software project estimation, software documentation and standards. In May, 1999 - SPC's project planning and estimation tool, ESTIMATE Professional, won a much coveted Jolt Productivity Award. spc.ca /software_engineering.html   (266 words)

Companies - Specializing - Cross Prod Software Specializes in: pipe, fixed costs, plumbing, takeoff, assembly, valves, commercial, apisa, mechanical, vendors, subcontractor, and vendor management, modules, gaskets, paint, estimation, concrete, engineers, aprisa, electrical, miscellaneous, material takeoff systems, project management, excavation, hvac, residential, software, labor estimation, construction, pipe fittings, unit conversion, structural steel, industries, owned and rented equipment Specializes in: educational, desktop tool, statistics, spreadsheet, analyses, crosstabulation, mathematics, methods, academic discount, calculators, double verify, data, surveys, statistical software, analysis, teaching, acastat, acastat software, data entry, research, statcalc, survey, demos, calculator, information management, education, demo, academic, email survey system, shareware, software, recall, e mail survey system, educational software Material Takeoff Systems (MTS) is a leading software company which produces Aprisa, estimation so... www.soft411.org /companies/cross-prod.html   (266 words)

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