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What Every IT Professional
Should Know about Estimating
This one-day seminar focuses on techniques
used to create estimates.
You Will Learn How To
- Identify the fundamentals of a good estimate
- Understand and apply the different estimating
techniques
- Identify the guidelines to follow when estimating
- Given a situation, identify which order of
magnitude of estimate you could complete
- Arrange in order the steps for explaining
estimates to stakeholders.
- Identify information you should document for an
estimating database.
Who Should Attend
This course
is intended for project managers, testers, business systems analysts, software designers, information
architects, user interface designers, and others who want to understand estimating
and create better estimates.
Course Content
Unit 1: Cost Estimating Introduction
- Define cost estimating terms and key concepts
- Explain the characteristics of a
'good' estimate
Unit 2: Fundamentals of Estimating
- Identifying what needs to be estimated
- The different types of estimates
Unit 3: Estimating Techniques
- Describe seven(7) key techniques for developing estimates
- Explain the major pros and cons of the various
estimating techniques
- Create estimates using different estimating
techniques
Unit 4: Creating the "Basis of Estimate"
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