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Should Cost Modeling

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Image by Getty Images via @daylife Written by Lawrence Reaves, a freelance writer for Galorath, Inc., a leading provider of cost estimation software. SEER by Galorath provides should cost modeling for software, hardware, electronics & systems, IT and manufacturing. Learn more at Galorath.com.

Estimating Our Carbon Footprint

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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 [...]

Software Estimating Book Reviews

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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 [...]

Searching For A Layman’s Explanation of Parametric Modeling

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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, [...]

Software Estimation and Controlled Risk

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I’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’t accounted for, particularly things like risk. However, software estimation products can do more than highlight areas which you haven’t seen, they can also peer around the [...]

A Tale of Two Mirrors

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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 [...]

Applying Earned Value Management to Software Intensive Programs

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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 for [...]

Parametric Cost Estimating

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Parametric cost estimation uses the statistical relationship existing between performance and physical factors associated with a project, and the actual historical costs incurred.  Performance and physical factors may include the fixed and variable costs associated with actual project performance, e.g. an engine fuel consumption and power output, contractor costs and value added or operational manning [...]

Packaged Applications – The Hidden Costs of Snake-Oil

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Packaged Applications – The Hidden Costs of Snake-Oil By David DeWitt Most of us remember the dubious “doctor” 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 [...]

Top 5 Most Cruel and Unusual Questions Plugged into a Software Estimation Program

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There are two types of Project Managers out there, those who get estimation software, and those who think it’s a magical box which turns hard working developers into robots. Here’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 [...]