{"id":169,"date":"2009-05-19T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/working-on-an-estimation-tool\/"},"modified":"2009-05-19T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T21:32:00","slug":"working-on-an-estimation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/working-on-an-estimation-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on an estimation tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FHKXh6Fis30\/ShMvei7qsaI\/AAAAAAAAA-Q\/SoUJ2fKSBzA\/s1600-h\/dilbert.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337662185183818146\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 163px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FHKXh6Fis30\/ShMvei7qsaI\/AAAAAAAAA-Q\/SoUJ2fKSBzA\/s200\/dilbert.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m doing an estimating training and working on an estimation tool for a local client. This is keeping me concentrating on this knowledge area. I&#8217;m happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>The tool I&#8217;m doing needs to balance best practices and simplicity. I can include a lot of features that helps to do better estimations but the key issue is the simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>The consequence, I&#8217;m automatizing all that I want.<\/p>\n<p>Some parts are more simple than I want but I need to do it so automatic in order do it easy.<\/p>\n<p>The usability is also important, I need to do it so intuitive and providing easy steps for the estimation.<\/p>\n<p>The most difficult issue is going to convince some people about the benefits of the tool; we need to do a good job in the communications and awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing an estimating training and working on an estimation tool for a local client. This is keeping me concentrating on this knowledge area. I&#8217;m happy about it. 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