Creating your estimation tool

An estimation tool is a great asset to a project as it defines a standard way to deliver and size a project.

Getting ready

Before starting, it is important to have an understanding of how long standard tasks take within your organization and which algorithms are used for estimation.

How to do it...

Once you have created the work breakdown structure, reopen this spreadsheet:

  1. Decide on an estimation algorithm, for example, three point estimation with a weighted average and standard deviation:
    How to do it...
  2. For each task, identify how many hours you estimate a single task or component will take.
  3. Apply your formula across each task.
  4. Sum the ...

Get Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.