Project Resource Estimation Planning
This PMI certified one-day seminar presents a high-level summary of Cardinal’s method for estimating the effort required to build enterprise applications. Why is this seminar important to you? Over the past several years Cardinal has prepared effort estimates and project plans for custom application development efforts ranging in size from $50K to $2M. Our estimation process has been adjusted and recalibrated to reflect the metrics collected during the delivery phases of these projects. This seminar will present our “lessons learned” in real world project estimating and help you create a more accurate process for your internal project planning.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for IT managers and project leaders who need to prepare accurate effort estimates and project resource plans.
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Take the use case approach to project planning
- Identify and quantify the components of a project
- Calculate construction totals by component
- Derive effort totals by discipline
- Create a work breakdown structure through resource expectations
- Develop the software development plan and iteration plan
- Anticipate cost drivers and adjustment factors
- Identify confidence levels and risk factors
PMI Professional Development Units
7
Prerequisites
A general knowledge of project management / iterative development methodologies is helpful, but not required.
Materials Provided
Session manual
Enrollment Details
Course Number: PS400
Course Length: 1 day (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Locations: Cincinnati, Columbus, Charlotte
For more information please call 513-984-6700
For further course descriptions and enrollment information contact our training department ph: 513-984-6700
