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Navigating the Minefield... Successful Estimating Before Requirements are Complete
No free lunch in Software Estimation and Benchmarking
I’d love to have comments on my latest QSM blog post of the same name… read more
Latest installment of Ask Carol: With Software Sizing, If You Don't Know the What, You Can't Estimate the How
One of the biggest (and not so obvious) reasons that software estimation goes awry is that amateur estimators don’t always realize how important it is to figure out the “object of estimation” – that is, what it is that we want to estimate.
I’ve addressed this issue on several occasions – through a set of 4 blog posts called “First see the elephant in the room (the what you are estimating…)”
This week, I did a blog post for QSM, Inc. on the same topic. Let me know what you think.
http://www.qsm.com/blog/2014/ask-carol-software-sizing-if-you-dont-know-what-you-cant-estimate-how
(Mis)Perceptions about Software Estimation - Opportunities or Crisis?
Dr Dobb’s online published my article on this topic this week… and quickly comments started pouring in. Some asked why I would publish an article with observations without solutions while others implied that this is really a customer problem or a human communications problem (I agree with the latter) – What do YOU think?
Read it, and PLEASE give me your feedback. Do you agree, disagree, don’t care? Inquiring minds want to know!
Wrong blog.... redirected...
Here’s where the blog post was SUPPOSED to post… http://microbrewsusa.wordpress.com
How many (software) projects create a history?
Please enjoy the latest post of the Ask Carol software development advice column… (Click on the image or the link below.)
http://www.qsm.com/blog/2014/ask-carol-how-many-projects-create-history
T-shirt sizing for early estimates
Another installment of the advice column for software development professionals: Ask Carol – T-shirt sizing for early estim
ates
Enjoy!
As part of ongoing writings on software sizing and function point analysis, I recently posted the following article on the QSM blog. Enjoy!
Dear Carol: Collecting Metrics Willy Nilly doesn't make Sense
Collecting software development measures sometimes appears futile… here’s some sage advice from my QSM Inc advice column. Enjoy!
Click here to read the full article.
p.s., I love getting comments or hearing if what I write makes sense to you! Carol
What's the Point of Estimating?
Here’s the latest installment of my QSM Ask Carol blog:
“What’s the Point of (Early) Estimating?” … click on the image or the title here to read the full blog post.
-Carol
