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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.

Intermediate
2h 47m
(246)

Created by Michael Krasowski

Last Updated Dec 13, 2016

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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.

Intermediate
2h 47m
(246)

Created by Michael Krasowski

Last Updated Dec 13, 2016

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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
Intermediate
2h 47m
(246)
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Michael Krasowski
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Michael is a consultant and Pluralsight author. He recently traded the corporate world of Accenture back into his passion: IT professional development and authoring for Pluralsight.

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