Function Point

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Last month a few of us at Function Point attended Second Wind ’s Certified Agency Operations, Workflow and Efficiency seminar at the Gleacher Centre in Chicago. While there’s not enough room in a single post to fit all the information we learned from the two days, we’ll share some of the best insights we gained from the seminar.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

IIL’s seminars and webinars on project management maturity began more than two decades ago and laid the foundation for many of today’s value-driven project management practices. There was often highly optimistic or unrealistic estimates of benefits and value made to get the project approval accompanied by a high priority.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Gallup estimated that this trend was costing U.S. These opportunities could include: Opportunity to attend an industry conference An online learning course Seminars. Not only will their job satisfaction be enhanced, but they can use their new skills and abilities to improve the company. Provide Added Perks.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Five Immutable Principles of Project Success , PMI Spring Seminar, 2021, Austin TX. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Agile Projects using the SRDR and Earned Value Management , PSM Users Group 2017, 12-16 June 2017, Crystal City, VA. Basis of Estimate Process.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Factoring in the Pandemic, estimates put a rise in anxiety and depressive disorders at more than 25%, while at the same time, mental health services have been severely disrupted and the treatment gap has widened. . In economic terms, mental illness causes over $100 billion in lost productivity each year. .

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PMs can use this knowledge to estimate the time needed for accomplishing tasks, order them, and allocate resources adequately. Take part in industry-related webinars, seminars, conferences, meetups, discussions, and events alike. Production Processes.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

The conference committee encourages everyone to prepare papers on one of the relevant topics, among which there are: Managing people, Managing projects, Software management activities, Project execution and monitoring, Empirical estimation technique, Critical path analysis. Pricing: starting from 100 EUR. Pricing: available upon request.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Every once in awhile a reasonably intelligent No Estimates advocate shows up in a Twitter discussion. They often say you should be open-minded and try the concepts of No Estimates first. . This is the traditional No Estimates argument - you're being a troll because you're asking me pointed questions.

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Function Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Last week we engaged in Second Wind’s Premium Seminar on Management of a Busy Studio. 3) From a client perspective, we track each client job and review this to see how we are doing regarding our estimates and the profitability of the work over time with comparisons between estimates and actuals. Let’s learn from the best.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2022

For more than four decades, we have been fortunate to teach project management courses to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to conduct seminars and webinars for practicing project and working professionals worldwide. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP. Introduction. No longer were project managers simply following orders.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Proceedings from seminars and symposiums on general project management concepts. Proceedings from seminars and symposiums specializing in project management best practices. Improvement in estimating accuracy by a certain percentage or dollar value. Relationships with other professional societies. Graduate-level theses.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Estimation is part of project management. . The most important estimates for the project manager are related to time and cost. . Since it is easier to estimate small tasks, these estimates are often calculated and performed as point estimates, for example, a task will take 3 days. My proposal is don't estimate.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

I came to AHP through a seminar by Dr. James T. No Credible Decision Can Be Made in the Presence of Uncertainty with making Estimates of the Impact of those Decisions. AHP has been studied, refined, and applied for over 40 years to be an effective approach to complex group decision making. [7]. And of course.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates. We need to learn how to predict with credible methods.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. A #Noestimates advocate makes the claim that having a ±10% accuracy for estimates of cost and duration is a dangerous thing. Define the probabilistic ranges of the work in a single point estimate manner. There are databases for Function Points .

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Wrike

APRIL 28, 2023

Use project management software to estimate project timelines and identify potential bottlenecks. Providing Continuous Learning Opportunities Online courses, seminars, and conferences are excellent ways to provide team members with access to continuous learning opportunities.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. Each of the categories operates in the presence of uncertainty and requires that estimates be made about the probability, conseqeunce of the resutling risk.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 19, 2021

We keep a check that the attendees of the webinars and seminars understand the key purpose of conducting these events. It can come in many forms, active or passive, overt or covert, says Mike Cohn, the author of Succeeding with Agile and Agile Estimating and Planning. Scrum Framework. Scrum Master also manages the scrum framework.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 19, 2021

We keep a check that the attendees of the webinars and seminars understand the key purpose of conducting these events. It can come in many forms, active or passive, overt or covert, says Mike Cohn, the author of Succeeding with Agile and Agile Estimating and Planning. Scrum Framework. Scrum Master also manages the scrum framework.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

Yet another class #NoEstimates lack of understanding of estimating, reference class forecasting, reference class databases, parametric estimating, estimating tools, and other well established estimating processes in the agile software development world. Subscribe to one of several reference class estimating sites.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development. Or who willfully ignores the knowledge and resources readily available in textbooks, papers, tools, and training for how to create credible estimates for software systems. By simply NOT Estimating?

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Regularly track expenses against this initial estimate, ensuring the project remains financially viable and up to date. Cost management explores all potential expenses, including staffing costs, software licenses, materials, etc. Then, a project manager and team should map these against the available budget. Continuous learning is paramount.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate , Building credible cost and schedule estimates require discipline, skill, and experience, All 3 can be acquired over time.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2017

Learn how to avoid missed deadlines, combat the most common problems for projects, plan and estimate project cost, allocate resources, manage multiple projects, and keep projects on track. A series of Microsoft Office templates for construction project managers, from project estimating, pricing, and bidding, to execution and closeout. .

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Wrike

MAY 24, 2021

It may also be caused by estimating inadequate time to see the BPR initiative through. These videos include seminars delivered by one of the founders of the management theory of business process reengineering, Dr. Michael Hammer. This ensures both strategic and tactical clarity in every business process and workflow.

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Wrike

AUGUST 23, 2022

Every event plan has some common components that include: Event: The start and end dates of the event, a list of planned activities and responsibilities, and the event format (in-person conference or workshop, seminar, webinar, or festival). Budget: All costs associated with the event, including estimated expenses.

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MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Well, I can’t tell you, but if I broke it into smaller pieces, I could start to estimate things. It’s a challenge, a lot times to have an accurate time, estimated process or an effort related process, or ultimately nailed down solid requirements, management process. Just the overall gist of the thing.

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Workzone

MAY 18, 2022

Budget your team’s labor hours and make sure these estimates match up with the estimated task duration. It’s a tricky topic that’s been the center of countless books, seminars, and management studies. What assumptions led to these incorrect estimations? Resource Management. Speaking of labor hours. What went wrong?

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The global economic consequences of this mismatch were estimated to be ~$8 trillion in unrealized GDP for the world economy in 2018. Seek out opportunities to attend seminars and webinars or take online courses to stay current with the latest industry trends. Skills mismatches cost organizations billions of dollars worldwide.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Wakshull, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium , November 1?10, Use a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) to Understand Your Risks,” Davis Hillson, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium October 3?10, Estimation of Long?Term

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Wakshull, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium , November 1?10, Use a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) to Understand Your Risks,” Davis Hillson, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium October 3?10, Estimation of Long?Term

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