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		<title>Estimating Our Carbon Footprint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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our carbon footprint is a measure of how much greenhouse gases you are creating by your activities; for working purposes carbon dioxide is the gas which is measured, however there are other gases and emissions which are created too, it is just that carbon dioxide levels are the most practical variable to focus on.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Estimating Book Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves
by Daniel D. Galorath and Michael W. Evans
If you are looking to improve your return on investment, investing in this book is your first step.  This volume clearly outlines how to use tracking and estimation data to improve overall forecasting and investment identification.  For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching For A Layman&#8217;s Explanation of Parametric Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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For a few years, CBS has been running a television show called Numb3rs. The premise is the standard take off on the brothers-solving-mysteries cliché that has been around since at least the Hardy Boys. Granted, Numbers has a couple of differences – the boys are older and employed. Don Eppes, the older of the pair, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Estimation and Controlled Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve written before on the predictive nature of estimation software. Using software estimation products as project management software can help show you aspects of your project which you haven&#8217;t accounted for, particularly things like risk.
However, software estimation products can do more than highlight areas which you haven&#8217;t seen, they can also peer around the corner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Mirrors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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This is a blog post by none-other than Dan Galorath, the Chief Architect for the SEER-SEM software. He talks about the difference between the types of project management software and sheds some light on not only the various differences that exist, but also where the two different types of software can be useful.
One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applying Earned Value Management to Software Intensive Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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By Robert P Hunt (Galorath Incorporated), Paul J. Solomon (Performance-Based Earned Value), and Dan Galorath (Galorath Incorporated)
 
Often, traditional earned value approaches do not deal sufficiently with the idiosyncrasies of software intensive programs.  However, successful management of software intensive programs can be achieved by focusing on establishing the requirements, developing a reliable baseline estimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packaged Applications – The Hidden Costs of Snake-Oil</title>
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		<comments>http://www.software-estimation.com/packaged-applications-%e2%80%93-the-hidden-costs-of-snake-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Packaged Applications &#8211; The Hidden Costs of Snake-Oil
By David DeWitt
Most of us remember the dubious &#8220;doctor&#8221; in Huckleberry Finn who proclaims to have the cure for any malady.  From the back of the crowd his shill would loudly proclaim that he himself had been healed by the magical elixir.   Oh my, but the quantity of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Most Cruel and Unusual Questions Plugged into a Software Estimation Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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There are two types of Project Managers out there, those who get estimation software, and those who think it&#8217;s a magical box which turns hard working developers into robots. Here&#8217;s a list of the most cruel and unusual questions posed by the latter.
5. Two hours of sleep is plenty, right?
4. How much will productivity increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Baseline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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So, you&#8217;ve checked over all of your initial data, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. You&#8217;ve double checked with the client and you know exactly what they think that they want. And you&#8217;ve plugged all of that carefully measured data into your software estimation program of choice and hit the enter key.
Congratulations and welcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tying It All Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Hey, welcome to 2009! It&#8217;s taken a while, but we&#8217;re finally at the point where we can go ahead and make our first estimate.
But first, a recap of the first four steps in software estimation process.

Understanding the problem – not just what you want to estimate, but why you want to estimate it.
Know the rules [...]]]></description>
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