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- Standardize your presentation for a more accurate project cost estimate
- Estimating the resources and costs of a software-intensive project will largely depend on how the organization intends to complete the project. The example presented in this chapter from Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Projects, Products, and Processes, by Richard Stutzke, illustrates the benefits of developing a standardized method for presenting project details...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Processes, Projects, software, Techniques, Web, Web site, Richard Stutzke, Estimating Software-Intensive Systems, Estimating, Value at Risk, technique, benefit
- Download resources 2005-09-29
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- Standardize your presentation for a more accurate project cost estimate
- This chapter from Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Projects, Products, and Processes illustrates the types of items that a good project estimating method should identify. Estimating the resources and costs of a software-intensive project will largely depend on how the organization intends to complete the project. The example presented...
- Tags: Chapter, Item, Addison-Wesley, Benefits, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Marketing, Management
- Book chapters 2005-09-29
- GEMS Landscape Estimating Tool (zip)
- An estimating tool for landscapers and other contractors in the Green Industry has been developed by Global Estimating Management Systems GEMS. With 5 years of testing and use by multiple companies, the GEMS Landscape Estimating Tool LET tool has been proven to increase profitability. The Global Estimating Management Systems approach...
- Tags: Tool, Productivity
- Software downloads 2007-04-19
- Artisan`s Estimating (zip)
- This estimating spreadsheet workbook software program was designed for an electrical contractor, but has also proved it's strengths in other areas as well. Artisan`s Estimating uses resources of or on the Internet to provide its users with a substantial amount of estimating power. It's use of interconnected estimating modules, and...
- Tags: Productivity, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-02-18
- Bid4Build Construction Estimating Software (exe)
- Bid4Build is one of the most advanced, easy to use, construction estimating software systems available on the market today for the price. Designed for all sizes of general & subcontractors, Bid4Build is well suited for all types of residential construction, insurance estimating, home remodeling projects and many areas of commercial...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBooks, Bid4Build Enterprises, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Project, Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2004-01-12
- SOS - PDA Estimating (exe)
- Create quick, accurate estimates on your Pocket PC. This is a companion program to Simplified Office Software's Estimating/Invoicing/Payroll. The Shareware version of SOS PDA Estimating is fully functional so that you may evaluate it and see if it will suit your needs. Estimates created on SOS - Estimating/Invoicing/Payroll can also...
- Tags: PDA, PC, JAK Electric, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2008-03-21
- I.E. CPU or Memory Intensive?
- Is Internet Explorer a memory intensive or CPU intensive application?Not overly so, there are a lot of programs and applications that use more resources under normal conditions. Office applications, Acrobat Reader and many more. Why do you ask?Browsing itself is not terribly memory or CPU intensive. However some apps you...
- Tags: Web browsers, CPU
- Q&A 2004-10-04
- GEMS General Estimating Tool (zip)
- Driver Magician Lite identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk, and backs them up to a location of your choice. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the saved drivers just as if you had the...
- Tags: Tool, Driver Magician Lite, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Management, Sales, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-06-07
- Learn the importance of properly planning your next IT project
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of planning and how to create a reliable plan. Estimating and planning are critical, yet are difficult and error prone.This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the purpose of planning, as well...
- Tags: Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2006-04-28
- Methvin Estimating Software (msi)
- Methvin is an estimating software product. Some of its features include the ability to break down tasks into sub-bills tasks, the ability to lock tasks independently to allow for imbalanced rates, and produce invitation to tender letters. Version 1.06.06 has improved resource management and we have added a unique record...
- Tags: Software, Ability, Methvin, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-10-28
- Quantifying the Performance Isolation Properties of Virtualization Systems
- In recent years, there have been a number of papers comparing the performance of different virtualization environments for x86. These comparisons have typically quantified the overhead of virtualization for one VM compared to a base OS. In this paper, the authors present the design of a performance isolation benchmark that...
- Tags: Performance, Test, Clarkson University, Test Suite, Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage
- White papers 2007-02-14
- Quick Estimator 2005 Full (exe)
- Quick Estimator 2005 is an easy to use yet powerful estimating, job tracking and project management program for small to medium sized contractors in any trade. It has many of the features of much more expensive programs, but at a fraction of the cost. Quick Estimator 2005 goes beyond estimating...
- Tags: Job, Photograph, Quick Estimator 2005, Recruitment & Selection, Project Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, It service Management
- Software downloads 2005-11-15
- 5-Minute Estimate Construction Version (zip)
- 5-Minute Estimate for the construction industry, the standard version coming with the Craftsman's National General Construction Cost book database containing over 28000 accurate costing items, that can be localized to your postal area, all at the click of a button. 5-Minute Estimate is a feature-packed, easy-to-use estimating tool. 5-Minute Estimate...
- Tags: Estimate, 5-Minute Estimate, Sales Strategy, Productivity, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2006-10-30
- Tetra Planner (msi)
- Tetra Planner is a project planning and estimating software that specifically focuses on project scoping, planning, and estimating. Not only a tool, Tetra Planner is structured around a methodology and process that promotes more accurate and sound estimates. Tetra Planner provides an intuitive framework for quantifying the effort hours, resource...
- Tags: Tetra Planner, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2006-07-18
- Learn the importance of properly planning your next IT project
- Estimating and planning are critical, yet are difficult and error prone.This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the purpose of planning, as well as how to define a good plan.Title: Agile Estimating and PlanningISBN: 0131479415Published: November 2005Author: Mike CohnChapter: Chapter 1: The Purpose of PlanningPublished by Prentice...
- Tags: Planning, Agile Estimating, Published, Prentice Hall Inc., information technology
- Download resources 2006-04-28
- Develop an agile approach to IT project management
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams:...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., IT Project Management, Team Management, Management
- Book chapters 2006-04-28
- Application Architecture Essentials, Part 8: Estimate Your Application Development Project
- IT architects are often involved in estimating software development projects, and estimation is a major contributor to the potential success or failure of a project. Many factors can affect the development of time lines and schedules. In this paper, learn about estimation methods, get suggestions for ways to improve estimation,...
- Tags: Software, Estimation, Application Development, IT Architect, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2007-06-19
- AutoSoft Online Standard (exe)
- AutoSoft Online is a Automotive Software and Computer System specifically designed for the administration of Auto Repair Shops, repair shop business management, automotive repair, collision repair auto body shop estimating, accounting and billing management. Automotive software. collision repair auto body shop estimating billing management software. Full featured repair shop management...
- Tags: Software, Billing, Collision, AutoSoft Online, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-31
- Pragmatics of Virtual Machines for High-Performance Computing: A Quantitative Study of Basic Overheads
- Heterogeneous administrative domains, Operating Systems OS, and libraries make it difficult for computational scientists to fully utilize metacomputers and grids. Through a simple quantitative study, this paper shows that recent improvements in software and hardware support reduces the overheads for HPC applications (e.g., GROMACS, BLAST, HMMer) to under 6% for...
- Tags: Job, Overhead, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Virtual Machine, University Of Alberta, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-04-16
- Back up project estimates with estimating packet
- Monte Carlo SimulationExcellent article. For larger projects, you may also want to consider using a simple Monte Carlo simulation or analysis with best case, worse case and most likely case estimates for each item in the capital, labor and expense categories.Then instead of giving one estimate, you can give...
- Tags: Back-up, estimating, it management, management reserve, monte carlo, Monte Carlo Simulation, tom ward, tool
- Discussion threads 2006-08-02
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