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What gets rewarded gets repeated!

davidlongstreet wrote 57 minutes ago: A behavior followed by a reinforcing stimulus results in an increased probability of that behavior o … more →

Tags: Project Management, Software Development, Satire, Software development, Software Estimating, Software Humor

Estimating and pinning down the client

mydeveloperblog wrote 3 days ago: No, not in that way! As mentioned in some of my previous posts I’m doing some contract PHP … more →

Tags: Programming, Contracting, Negotiating

Calculating Cycle Time with Estimating Software

miesolutions wrote 3 days ago: Calculating the entire operation costs depends on both setup and cycle time.   In order accurately e … more →

Tags: Cost Estimating, Costing, cycle-time, ERP, estimating software, labor estimating, Machining, metal, mie solutions

Measure what is not measurable

davidlongstreet wrote 4 days ago: It does not matter what is trying to be done, if it can’t be measured, it  can’t be understood , con … more →

Tags: Humor, Satire, Software development, Software Humor

Price Quote Software Handles Inspection

miesolutions wrote 1 week ago: Job shop estimating is not the most complex job in the job shop, but it does have a lot of little de … more →

Tags: Quoting, ERP, mie trak, mie solutions, quoteit, metal, Software, Free, Forms

Why Single Point Estimating?

deliverydemon wrote 1 week ago: A couple of weeks ago DeliveryDemon got involved in some interesting discussions about whether a sin … more →

Tags: contingency management, Delivery, expectations, Good practice, Budgeting, Business Process, change, contingency, single point estimating

How To Estimate Handling Time

miesolutions wrote 1 week ago: Shop estimating is pretty complex and shop estimating software needs to be handle all types of scena … more →

Tags: Cost Estimating, cycle-time, ERP, estimating software, handling time, labor estimating, operation cost, Quoting, RFQ

Free Pomodoro seminar in Stockholm

Staffan Nöteberg wrote 1 week ago: 1. Free seminar in Stockholm 1st of September I will give a free Pomodoro Technique seminar in Kista … more →

Tags: Adaptive Process, Agile, brain, Decision Awareness, gestures, HowTo, iterative, kitchen timer, Lean

Scrum and human behaviour – a hand and a glove - Part 1

thinkingagile wrote 3 weeks ago: Scrum, Agile and Lean techniques all make clear that Respect and Trust are necessary conditions for … more →

Tags: Agile commentary, implementing agile, prioritisation, Scrum, scrum overview, what is scrum

How much would YOU pay??1 comment

mgtstr8talk wrote 3 weeks ago: I went to my car mechanic the other day.  I said, “Fritz, my car isn’t running right.  I a … more →

Tags: client management, Communication, Culture, expectation setting, Sales, Software development, bidding, Contracts, expectations

Five Estimating Strategies To Maximize Sales for Custom Builders

alexsaloutos wrote 1 month ago: Production builders work with standard price lists so they can write a contract on the spot with a c … more →

Tags: Custom Builders, Profits, Sales

What is Setup Time?

miesolutions wrote 1 month ago: In order to begin a detailed look into quoting and estimating I’m going to start by giving som … more →

Tags: Cost Estimating, Costing, ERP, estimating software, labor estimating, mie trak, Quoting, RFQ, Setup

Changes in Lattitudes, Changes in Attitudes1 comment

davidlongstreet wrote 1 month ago: As Jimmy Buffet sings, “Reading departure signs in airports reminds me off all the places I ha … more →

Tags: Project Management, Software Development, Software development, Software Organizational Behavior

What's a henway? Practical testing

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: Evan at Two Dishes but to One Table provides some salient commentary on the New York Regents test an … more →

Tags: Physics, Humor, Testing, mathematics, Education, Regents Test, Henway

White Men Can't Jump and Software Developer's Can't Estimate.

davidlongstreet wrote 1 month ago: There are few things as predictable as software developers can’t estimate.  Nonetheless it sof … more →

Tags: Humor, Project Management, Software Development, Software development, Software Estimating, Software Humor

Using Bluebeam to Count from PDFs

karenpdf wrote 1 month ago: Did you know that you can use Bluebeam PDF Revu to count elements from PDFs?  Here’s how: Open the M … more →

Tags: Bluebeam PDF Revu, PDF editing, PDF Editor, PDF Markup, takeoffs

Earned Value Management Now More Important Than Ever

iammarchhare wrote 2 months ago: Containing costs is a really big deal in this economy.  CEOs and CIOs are not likely to react favora … more →

Tags: PM Basics, Tracking, project management, P.M., IT-PM, Earned Value, Earned Value Management, EVM

Are you selling on price, service, or quality?

brushmasters wrote 2 months ago: Are your best estimating/sales tools an eraser and a sharper pencil? If you are the low bidder, doe … more →

Tags: News, Events, Polls, Sales, Drywall, Painting, contractor, Productivity, blogoff

Better Estimating Through Software Sizing

iammarchhare wrote 2 months ago: How do you know how long it will take?  Gut feel is how many do their estimations. Late last year, I … more →

Tags: PM Basics, project management, P.M., Agile, waterfall, Software development, IT-PM, software sizing, Function Points


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