Effort Hour
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A closer look at making a business case for project management
Insight Convincing executives of the value of project management demands that you determine every available advantage that it could offer your company. Here are some value statements that will give you a solid start in this direction.
Break small projects down so you don't neglect the details
Insight In this article, we explain why you shouldn't have any activities on your short-term workplan that are larger than 80 hours. However, they certainly can be much smaller. In fact, the smaller your project, the smaller the activities need to be.
Find errors as early as possible in your project
Techguide Keep your projects in check by preventing as many errors as possible using sound processes.
Tags: IT Management, IT project management, Quality
Estimate a project's effort hours
Techguide This process helps you estimate the total effort required for your project so you can assign resources, determine how long the project will take and estimate costs.
Tags: Project management, Work Breakdown Structure, Estimate, Training, Effort Hour, Procurement, project manager, ROM, adjustment, technique
Look out for hidden areas in your project estimate
Techguide Some areas you need to consider in a project estimate stay hidden until the project actually starts. Here's how to uncover them at the outset.
Use an estimating threshold for schedule activities
Techguide To use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) technique, you have to determine an estimating threshold.
Tags: IT Management
Use this simple process for estimating project duration
Techguide Any project manager knows that no project is completed in perfect circumstances. So you should use the following process and techniques if you want to make your schedule estimate as realistic as possible.
Estimate effort first, project costs last
Techguide There are three main areas to estimate before your project starts--effort, duration and cost. Of the three, you must estimate effort first to understand the total amount of work.
Minimize rework as a part of your quality management process
Techguide One of the responsibilities of a project manager is to put into place a quality management process that seeks to keep rework to a minimum.
Tags: IT Management
Use a communication plan for complex projects
Techguide Here is the process for creating a creative and proactive communication plan.
Proactively manage your workplan using this ten-step process
Techguide Like much of project management, updating the workplan requires discipline and habit. Try managing it with this simple ten-step process.
Tags: IT Management
Factor in the productive hours
Techguide Before you can estimate duration, you must understand the effort hours associated with your project.
