Posted by Robert Merrill on October 19, 2011 under Estimation, Project Set-Up | 
Thanks, In Business Madison, for running my blog series on the software estimation problem and how to work around it, for both the customer/sponsor and delivery side.
Software Estimation—The Brutal Facts (18 October 2011). Why software estimates are inaccurate, why they’re not likely to get better, and why it’s a business problem, not just an IT problem.
Software Project estimates—and Targets and Commitments (8 November 2011). Why “estimates” often aren’t, and how learning two new words can make everything a lot clearer, and more successful.
Posted by Robert Merrill on August 9, 2010 under Estimation, Project Set-Up |
Robert spoke on “Room to Breathe: The Vital Role of the BA in Shaping Early Project Effort Expectations” at WI BADD™, the Wisconsin Business Analysis Development Day, on Tuesday 10/5/2010 in Madison, WI.
Posted by Robert Merrill on March 2, 2010 under Estimation, Project Set-Up, Software-Intensive Businesses |
Q: Why were they late for the meeting?
A: They didn’t leave soon enough.
But…they got stopped by a train, and they remembered that they needed to pick up a loaf of bread, and…they have a slow car!
Details like speed limits and the police aside, what do the car, and the bread, and the train have to do with it? The trip took 25 minutes, five of it spent waiting for the train, and five of it in the convenience store, and fifteen of it driving. They left 20 minutes before the meeting, and they were five minutes late.
Well, they didn’t plan on the train or the bread.
Do they ever plan on the train or the bread? Read more of this article »
