Recent Posts Tagged With 'initial data collection'

• Welcome to the Baseline

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 16:09 in budget, baseline, estimates, whittle, software estimation, galorath, software productivity, initial data collection, exact estimate

  So, you’ve checked over all of your initial data, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. You’ve double checked with the client and you know exactly what they think that they want. And you’ve plugged all of that carefully measured d...

• On Data Collection and the Moon

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 21:41 in process, manufacturing, foundation, estimates, rocket scientists, software estimation, initial data collection, project estimates

  There’s a popular cliché amongst rocket scientists “a launch that is off by one degree will miss the moon by miles.” Okay, so maybe the authenticity of that phrase is leaves a lot to be desired, but the spirit of the statement – ...