Workshop Software Cost Estimation
Yesterday I hold a workshop about software cost estimation in our team. It contains an introduction into the problematic of effort estimation, the integration into a process, and one simple method - a modified PERT. The second part has been an estimation group exercise. In our case we've chosen something different from software development - the building of a house.
Especially this training has been real fun. It's interesting to see how different the groups tried to solve this job. And the discussion about the experiences they've made has been informative for many colleagues. Mostly the importance of good and detailed requirements, the participation of experienced personell, and how bad time pressure is for an accurate estimation.
I think I'll publish my experiences - I've already got a long article in my old german wiki - on the new Tideland site (http://www.tideland.biz).
