Training
Estimating and Sizing Seminar – A Three (3) Day Workshop to Advance Your Estimation Planning Results
Overview
Your organization has established estimation techniques and practices which
it uses every day. These estimates are used to create schedules, allocate
resources and set expectations. If your results are consistent and projects
are delivered on-time, on-budget and with high quality, then you will have
little use of this workshop. If however, you struggle with quality, cost or
time (or some combination), then this workshop may give you an opportunity
to improve your effectiveness and results.
The Estimation and Sizing Workshop provides a facilitated training and coaching experience for individuals who are involved with the production and management of software project estimates. This is an opportunity to learn how to make the cultural and technique changes necessary to plan your estimates better, improve your results, and add economic value to the business. The seminar is a combination of lecture, exercises and discussion. The sessions will begin at a high level and then spin down into detail on specific topics with appropriate exercises.
DCG’s estimation, sizing and measurement program principles and best practices are based on the DCG Estimation Roadmap Process, CMMI Process Area – Measurement and Analysis (M&A) (www.sei.cmu.edu) and incorporate the Practical Systems and Software Measurement (PSM) basics (www.psmsc.com). In addition, DCG incorporates sizing principles as established by the International Function Point Users Group, DCG is an authorized SEI Transition Partner (www.sei.cmu.edu) and an industry contributor to IFPUG (www.ifpug.org).
About This Workshop and What Participants Will Learn
This 3-day Estimation and Sizing focused workshop will provide training and coaching using an interactive approach. We will help attendees to
understand estimation and sizing as it applies to your context and how to identify which organizational process changes are required to fulfill
your estimation objectives.
Participants will develop Estimation and Sizing planning practices that will support their business’ goals and objectives.
Upon completion, participants will have:
- Learned the basics of estimation and the impact of lifecycles and timing
- Found out the interaction of complexity, process and behavior attributes within the estimation process
- Discovered the necessity of sizing and how it normalizes your data for Enterprise Wide reporting consistency and accuracy
- Learn specific sizing techniques that fit your organization
- Identified a set of specific estimation practices that satisfy your project and program goals
- Gained an understanding of DCG Estimation Roadmap Process and how to leverage it for your organization
Who Should Attend
Information Technology Managers, Measurement and Metrics Specialists, Program and Project Managers, CMMI SEPG or Process Action Team (PAT) Leaders and Software Engineering Professionals
Workshop Outline
1. Basic Estimation Conceptsa. Productivity
b. Capacity
c. Constraints
d. Budgeting-Estimating-Planning
2. Impact of the life cycles and timing
a. Full life cycle methods (early estimation)
b. Partial life cycle methods
3. Estimation by Project Types
4. Estimation Methods
a Bottom up
i. Component
ii. Task
iii. Micro analogy
b. Top Down
i. Macro Analogy
ii. Delphi
iii. Parametrics
5. Complexity
6. Process and Behavior Attributes
7. Methods and When They Make Sense
8. Sizing Techniques
a. Relative Measures
i. Story Points
b. Logical
i. Functional
1. Function Points
2. Cosmic
ii. Other
2. Use Case Points
c. Physical
i. Components
ii. Lines of Code
9. Other
10. Estimation Roadmap Process (going beyond the workshop)
To find out more about these training classes, contact us at 610.644.2856 or email us at info@davidconsultinggroup.com.