Paul Coombs provides practical, detailed advice on IT project estimation for managers and consultants in this concise guide. Coombs demonstrates why accurate estimates are needed, the different estimating methods that can be used, and how to analyze risks in order to make appropriate contingency allowances. He also covers pricing and billing strategies, and how experience of previous projects can be leveraged. A vital component of the book is a template for a cost model that incorporates task estimates, schedules, staff roles and costs, risk analysis, fixed costs, billing, and cashflow. Template Excel spreadsheets are included on the accompanying CDROM.
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'... very valuable for IT SW [software] business managers and consultants who are conducting large and complex SW [software] projects ... I give the book an excellent recommendation ...'. Computing Reviews
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In this concise, easy-to-read guide, author Paul Coombs provides practical, detailed advice on IT project estimation for managers and consultants. He shows why accurate estimates are needed, what different estimating methods can be used, and how to analyse the risks in order to make appropriate contingency allowances. He also covers pricing and billing strategies, and how experience of previous projects can be leveraged. Central to the book is a template for a cost model that incorporates task estimates, schedules, staff roles and costs, risk analysis, fixed costs, billing, and cashflow.
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This book has been a huge help to me. Project estimation has always been a bit of a fingers in the wind thing even when I've worked for the biggest companies. At last, here is a methodical and easy to read guide. Well written and clear, this is as useful for training up new people to help with project bid work as it is for established bid managers who might want to try Coombs well thought out approach.
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After finishing reading this book, I learned nothing from it. I still don't know how to estimate my project. sign!
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No one wants to do the estimates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contingency buffers, task contingency, contingency allowance, overhead tasks, project contingency, item contingency, baseline task, student syndrome, price breakdown, staff profile, maximum days, database entities, base estimate, cost model, team size, parallel running Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cost Model, Earned Value, Critical Chain, Case Study, Task Plan, Function Point Analysis, Work Package, Task List, Blindingly Obvious Rule of Estimation Number, Maximum Cost, Staff Plan, Total Days, Base Total, Scale Factors, Effort Multipliers, Weighted Cost, Microsoft Excel, Thrifty Insurance, Capers Jones, Junior Anal, Prentice Hall, Project Buffer, Trainee Pro, Usage Stats, Analysing the Risks New!
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No one wants to do the estimates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contingency buffers, task contingency, contingency allowance, overhead tasks, project contingency, item contingency, baseline task, student syndrome, price breakdown, staff profile, maximum days, database entities, base estimate, cost model, team size, parallel running Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cost Model, Earned Value, Critical Chain, Case Study, Task Plan, Function Point Analysis, Work Package, Task List, Blindingly Obvious Rule of Estimation Number, Maximum Cost, Staff Plan, Total Days, Base Total, Scale Factors, Effort Multipliers, Weighted Cost, Microsoft Excel, Thrifty Insurance, Capers Jones, Junior Anal, Prentice Hall, Project Buffer, Trainee Pro, Usage Stats, Analysing the Risks New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt on 5 pages
- Earned Value Project Management, Second Edition by Quentin W. Fleming; Joel M. Koppelman on page 116, page 156, and page 162
- Software Engineering by Gregory W. Jones on page 159, and page 160
- The mythical man-month and other essays on software engineering by Frederick P Brooks on page 112, and page 163
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by Frederick P. Brooks on page 112, and page 163
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- IT Project Proposals: Writing to Win by Paul Coombs in Back Matter
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