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Historical Data Isn’t Playing "Hard to Get"
“No, we don’t have any historical project data collected” is the statement I hear with some frequency when speaking to organizations about their IT project estimating processes. Ideally we use client...
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New Article: Leveraging the Power of Historical Data Through the Use of Trend...
Developing software within the DoD presents a unique set of challenges, including but not limited to budget cuts, Congressionally mandated changes, changing software requirements, and so on. It should...
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How Can You Leverage Big Data to Reduce Your IT Costs?
Today more than ever we have access to large amounts of information. You've probably heard the term "big data," which in essence is having access to large amounts of data and examining the trends in...
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Data Analytics for Project and Portfolio Estimates
We live in a multi-dimensional world. We see in three dimensions. Our brains’ ability to process spatial relations of height, width, and depth are essential for navigating everywhere we go and every...
View ArticleCirca 2021, What Does a “Typical” Software Project Look Like?
BackgroundNo two software projects are exactly alike. So, one way to find out what a “typical” software project looks like is to take a large sample of completed projects from the QSM historical...
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