Online Webinar
Presented byConstrux Software (REP 1424)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU Free

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The average project overruns its planned budget and schedule by 50-80 percent. In practice, little work is done that could truly be called “estimation.” Many projects are scheduled using a combination of legitimate business targets and liberal doses of wishful thinking. In this one-hour webinar, noted author and software engineer Steve McConnell presents 10 of the worst ways estimates go wrong, and presents time-tested rules of thumb for dramatically improving estimation accuracy.

Presenter: Steve McConnell

Professional Biography

Steve McConnell (LinkedIn profile) is CEO and Chief Software Engineer atConstrux Software where he writes books and articles, teaches classes, and oversees Construx’s software engineering practices.

Steve is the author ofCode Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (1993, 2004, 2010) andRapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules (1996), both winners ofSoftware Development magazine’s Jolt award for outstanding software development books of their respective years. In 1998, he publishedSoftware Project Survival Guide (Pro — Best Practices), in 2004 he published Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers (2004), and in 2006 he publishedSoftware Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft).

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Initiating, Planning

Knowledge Areas: 6 – Time

• 6.3 Estimate Activity Resources
• 6.4 Estimate Activity Duration
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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