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Best Practices for Project Estimation
Learn the fundamentals, basic tools, and agile techniques that can be used to enhance your project estimation skills.
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Best Practices for Project Estimation
Learn the fundamentals, basic tools, and agile techniques that can be used to enhance your project estimation skills.
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What you'll learn
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.
Best Practices for Project Estimation
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Overview | 1m 9s
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Increments and Iterations | 2m 41s
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Using Estimating Models | 2m 20s
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Top Down Models | 4m 29s
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Parametric and Phased Models | 3m 43s
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Bottom Up Model | 2m 57s
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Phased and Hybrid Model | 6m 57s
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Estimating by Ideal Time | 4m 34s
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Use Ideal Time | 5m
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Developing Team Estimates | 2m 56s
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How to Iterate Team Estimates | 6m 54s
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Summary | 2m 19s