Oct 19, 2008 · Projects that successfully meet planned targets are those that often began with estimates that accurately reflected the reality involved in realizing the project. This paper …

Estimating can be a tedious task, and the final numbers are influenced by a daunting number of factors: scope, type of project, resources involved in estimating, type of client, unknown …

May 13, 2016 · Estimation is at the heart of most project disciplines, and project cost and time overruns can often be traced back to inaccurate estimates. Estimation requires human …

Project estimating plays a vital role in project management. Accurate estimation and refinement of the estimates leads to better and earlier decision-making, thus maximizing value. This practice …

One of the project manager’s major concerns at a project’s inception is the reliability of the project’s estimates. Too often, these estimates are inaccurate because the estimators …

Oct 22, 2011 · The Project Management Institute recently published a comprehensive Practice Standard for Project Estimating that aligns with A Guide to the Project Management Body of …

Further development of estimating techniques is provided in the Practice Standard for Project Estimating . Starting with a precedence diagram, PERT allows for activity duration estimates to …

Oct 22, 2011 · Monte Carolo simulation is a practical tool used in determining contingency and can facilitate more effective management of cost estimate uncertainties. This paper details the …

Aug 1, 2001 · Estimating is an inherently imprecise and difficult process; this article discusses eight tips for creating more accurate estimates: 1) better estimates require better information; …

Oct 23, 2012 · Abstract Estimating work effort in agile projects is fundamentally different from traditional methods of estimation. The traditional approach is to estimate using a “bottom-up” …