Project Management For IT-Related Projects

Edited by Bob Hughes

This book extract explains how to estimate the timescales and effort required for IT projects.

Contents:

• The effects of over- and under-estimating;
• Effort versus duration;
• The relationship between effort and cost;
• Estimates and targets;
• Use of expert judgement, including its advantages and disadvantages;
• The Delphi approach;
• Top-down estimating
• Bottom-up estimating;
• The use of analogy in estimating.

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