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		<title>Early Estimating Is Like Martial Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been studying martial arts for the past year and a half.  I am not great but I am committed. I was taking a private lesson recently.  I have been struggling during drills.  While I execute correctly much of the time, each time I execute a move I start analyzing it, even while I [...]


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		<link>http://www.galorath.com/wp/early-estimating-is-like-martial-arts.php</link>
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		<title>Issues in Software Measurement &amp; Estimation ISMA 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Measurement is a wonderful thing.  However measurement without standards and definition can be worse than no measurement at all.  This paper which I will be presenting at the 2010 ISMA conference begins the attack, highlighting the need and proposing that additional work commences in standards for estimation and measurement.  Software Estimation and Measurement 2010 Thank you for [...]


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		<title>Heuristics for Systems Engineering Cost Estimation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ricardo Valerdi of MIT sent me a pre-publication copy of his upcoming IEEE article. Here is the abstract: &#8220;Engineering cannot wait until all phenomena are explained. Engineers may work effectively, often for centuries, with heuristics. This paper provides thirty one heuristics that have been inspired by the development and application of a systems engineering [...]


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		<link>http://www.galorath.com/wp/heuristics-for-systems-engineering-cost-estimation.php</link>
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		<title>IT Project Failure Warning Signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This list was adapted from ITBusinessEdge Lack of governance: Project criteria, roles, processes &#38; outcomes not used or accepted by management.  Not understanding project risk. Internal politics: Territorial fights.  Its not my job, or &#8220;they&#8221; messed up. Communication issues between the business and IT: IT talking with the business stakeholders about bandwidth and blobs rather [...]


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		<link>http://www.galorath.com/wp/it-project-failure-warning-signs.php</link>
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		<title>Off Topic: Estimating the Occurence of Phantom Traffic Jams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Estimating the slowdown on the freeway.  Interesting article from Wired quantifies and estimates the occurrence of phantom traffic jams.    You all know them&#8230; traffic slows to a crawl.  There must be an accident.  But no, it is just a phantom traffic jam.  Living in Los Angeles I find this really interesting. Thank you for reading [...]


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		<title>New Code Counter Update Available from USC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Southern California has been developing and updating line of code counters for a number of years.  Such code counters can be very handy when using lines of code as a size measure.  I know, many object to using lines of code, but when used correctly they can work well.  We see users [...]


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		<title>Cost To Recover from an IT Business Interruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aberdeen group published some interesting information regarding the time and cost to recover from business interruptions.  This is the time to recover 90% of functionality.  I recommend getting the complete report.  They found that best in class recovered 6.5 times faster than laggards and had an average cost of $72,000 versus laggards with an average [...]


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		<title>Software Estimating: Sources and Uses of Data and Data Driven Estimates Intro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days software estimation vendors are competing to have the largest repositories of completed software projects, and the customer is encouraging this competition, which is fundamentally good.  However, there is more to insuring the accuracy of an estimation model than just having a lot of data points sitting on the proverbial shelf. Where Data Comes [...]


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		<title>SEER 2010 International User Conference Papers Are Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.galorath.com/index.php/library/estimating-united-conference/ Thank you for reading &#8220;Dan on Estimating&#8221;, if you would like more information about Galorath&#8217;s estimation models, please visit our contact page or call us at +1 310 414-3222. Related posts:Dan&#8217;s 2 Papers At CMMI Conference In Denver Nov 18 &#038; 19 Estimating United Conference Papers Available On the Web SEER User Conferences &#038; [...]


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		<link>http://www.galorath.com/wp/seer-2010-international-user-conference-papers-are-available.php</link>
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		<title>Interesting ROI Spreadsheet for Software Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shows ROI of inspections, PSP, tsp, and more  http://davidfrico.com/roi-book.htm Thank you for reading &#8220;Dan on Estimating&#8221;, if you would like more information about Galorath&#8217;s estimation models, please visit our contact page or call us at +1 310 414-3222. Related posts:Interesting, Classic Look at Software Maintenance ROI: Return on Investment or Risk On Investment Why Projects [...]


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		<link>http://www.galorath.com/wp/interesting-roi-spreadsheet-for-software-process.php</link>
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