Estimating Agile and Traditional Software Projects (by Glen Alleman)

Estimating is a critical part of project planning and controls, involving Quantitative processes to estimate cost, resources, duration, and technical performance.

This is a set of articles and documents shared by Glen Alleman.

• From Product Roadmap of Needed Capabilities to Release Plan, to Feature Breakdown Structure, to Credible Estimates, DHS Cost Analysis Stakeholder Working Group, Thomas J. Coonce and Glen B. Alleman
• Building a Risk-Adjusted Engineering Estimate and Executing the Risk-Adjusted Product Roadmap, the Risk-Adjusted Product Roadmap starts with Risk-Adjusted Engineering Estimates and the Resulting Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate
• How Should We Estimate Agile Projects and Measure Progress to Plan, Thomas J. Coonce, and Glen B. Alleman, Naval Center for Cost Analysis, Software and IT Cost Analysis Solutions, August 22, 2017
• Options-Based Agile Decision Processes – How to Apply “Real Options” Theory to the Development of ERP – Agile Universe, 2002, Chicago, IL, August 4 – 7, 2002.
• Calculating Physical Percent Complete for the PMB Using an Agile Tool, EVM Work 2017
• Basis of Estimate Training – Developing a Basis of Estimate is an Art and a Science
• Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), 5th Annual College of Scheduling, Chicago, May 4-7, 2008.
• Basis of Estimate Training – Developing a Basis of Estimate is an Art and a Science
• Paired Comparison Analysis – in paired comparison experiments, the worth, or merit, of a unit is measured through comparisons against other units.
• 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. The starting point is understanding what processes make up the discipline of estimating.

Compendium of Estimating Resources

• Compendium of Estimating Resources – any credible decision made while spending other people’s money requires making an estimate of the impact of that decision on the probability of success. Here are resources used to estimate software-intensive systems and their related hardware and work processes when applying traditional and agile product development methods.
• Compendium of Blog Posts on Estimating – Estimating is a critical part of project planning, involving a quantitative estimate of project costs, resources, or duration.