- Posted:
- Dec 13, 2012
- Published:
- Dec 13, 2012
- Format:
- Length:
- 31 Page(s)
- Type:
- Book
- Language:
- English
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IT Project Management: Guide to estimating timescales and resources.
Sponsored by: ComputerWeekly.comProject Management For IT-Related Projects
Edited by Bob Hughes
This book extract explains how to estimate the timescales and effort required for IT projects.
Contents:
- The effects of over- and under-estimating;
- Effort versus duration;
- The relationship between effort and cost;
- Estimates and targets;
- Use of expert judgement, including its advantages and disadvantages;
- The Delphi approach;
- Top-down estimating
- Bottom-up estimating;
- The use of analogy in estimating.
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