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		<title>Searching For A Layman&#8217;s Explanation of Parametric Modeling</title>
		<link>http://www.software-estimation.com/searching-for-a-laymans-explanation-of-parametric-modeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>
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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>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>
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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>
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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>On Data Collection and the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s a popular cliché amongst rocket scientists &#8220;a launch that is off by one degree will miss the moon by miles.&#8221; Okay, so maybe the authenticity of that phrase is leaves a lot to be desired, but the spirit of the statement – the accuracy of a rocket is only as sound as the accuracy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2 &#8211; The How</title>
		<link>http://www.software-estimation.com/part-2-the-how/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.software-estimation.com/?p=46</guid>
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If you recall, last week I talked about the first step that anyone doing anything with software estimation needs to do – that is to establish the &#8216;what&#8217; and the &#8216;why&#8217;. And I said that these two aspects are your cornerstone, the start of your foundation. Now it&#8217;s time to move to step two and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Best Use Software Estimation – Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.software-estimation.com/how-to-best-use-software-estimation-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.software-estimation.com/how-to-best-use-software-estimation-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.software-estimation.com/?p=38</guid>
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There&#8217;s a running gag between myself and a few of my friends and associates – if possible, how much information would you cede over to software estimation? Theoretically, software that was smart enough, and fed enough information could serve as a nice expert opinion, specifically when involved in an argument with a significant other. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, who uses this stuff?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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By know you should have a pretty good idea on what project software estimation is and how it works, but I bet you’re wondering just who uses software estimation. The blanket term, software estimation, is often applied to software which is so powerful that it can be used to ease otherwise cumbersome ordeals like estimating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next qestion, how does it work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Here lies the difficult question. How does software estimation actually work? Conceptually speaking its simple, in practice however, that’s where things become more difficult. I’m sure some of you have a book somewhere by a fellow named Steve McConnel. The book, Software Estimation, carries the subtitle “Demystifying the Black Art” which paints software estimation in [...]]]></description>
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