IT Project Management: Guide to estimating timescales and resources.

Project 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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Vendor:: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Posted:: Feb 8, 2021
Published:: Dec 13, 2012
Format:: PDF
Type:: Book

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