Best Practices for Project Estimation
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Learn the fundamentals, basic tools, and agile techniques that can be used to enhance your project estimation skills.
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Course Description
This course will help you take the guess work out of estimating your projects. Are you afraid of making estimates? You are not alone. Do you know why making quality estimates and tracking actuals is so important? Learn the importance of accurate estimating and how that skill will help you define and manage your customers' expectations. Discover the difference between 'ideal time' and 'elapsed time,' and why your estimates need to encompass both. Learn the anatomy of an estimate along with lean and agile techniques to make your life easier. Come learn some great tools and techniques you can begin using your first day back on the job.
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Course Syllabus
Fundamentals of Estimation- 34m 20s
—Introduction 5m 30s
—Runaway Projects 5m 46s
—Importance of Estimating 5m 22s
—Elements of a Project Definition 7m 18s
—Right Level of Effort 4m 25s
—Estimation Is a Process 3m 55s
—Summary 2m 1sTools and Techniques: Part 1- 46m 6s
—Overview 1m 9s
—Increments and Iterations 2m 41s
—Using Estimating Models 2m 20s
—Top Down Models 4m 29s
—Parametric and Phased Models 3m 43s
—Bottom Up Model 2m 57s
—Phased and Hybrid Model 6m 57s
—Estimating by Ideal Time 4m 34s
—Use Ideal Time 5m 0s
—Developing Team Estimates 2m 56s
—How to Iterate Team Estimates 6m 54s
—Summary 2m 19sTools and Techniques: Part 2- 43m 6sAgile Estimation- 43m 46s
