Title: Class Outline 16
Course: KVCC BUS208 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Estimating guidelines for times costs and resources

a.      Responsibility

b.      Use Several People

c.      Normal Conditions

d.      Time Units

e.      Independence

f.       Contingencies

g.      Adding risk assessment to the estimate helps to avoid surprises to stakeholders

2.      Top Down vs Bottom Up

a.      Statements heard

b.      When each style is preferred

c.      Top Down

d.      Bottom up

e.      Preferred Approach

3.      Top Down

a.      Consensus Methods

i.           Delphi Method

b.      Ratio Methods

c.      Apportion Methods

d.      Function Point Methods for Software and System Projects

e.      Learning Curves

4.      Bottom up

a.      Template Methods

b.      Parametric Procedures Applied to specific tasks

c.      Range Estimating

d.      Phase Estimating

5.      Comparison

6.      Level of Detail

Attached Files: | - KVCC BUS208_ProjectMgmt_Outline 16.pdf