Workshop on Software Estimation Techniques - An Overview August 26, 2011

Workshop on
Software Estimation Techniques - An Overview
Date: 27th Aug 2011 at Bangalore
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Software Estimation is responsive to the widespread problems the software industry has experienced in creating meaningful effort, cost and schedule estimates. Estimation of project effort, duration and cost has posed major challenge to the software community in the past and even today. Software Estimation techniques provides a comprehensive set of tips and heuristics that software developers, technical leads, and project managers can apply to create estimates for different types of projects (development, maintenance) and project life cycle models (Incremental, Agile type ).

Target Audience:

Developers, Senior Developers, Designers, Technical/ Test Leads, Program Managers, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, Quality Managers, Quality leads/Engineers, Pre Sales personnel

At the end of training:

Participants will be able to know

• Various software estimation techniques used in projects.

• Get an overview of different Size, Effort and Cost estimation methodologies.
• Types of estimation techniques used in software, pros and cons and their applicability for various types of projects.
• On how to decide or choose an estimation technique to enhance their skills further in the form of in-depth training, coaching, in-depth study or application to projects.
• Fundamentals of estimation techniques and specific estimation challenges. It explains how to avoid common pitfalls.

Note: This workshop is focused for beginners to intermediate level. The participants would understand various estimation techniques, pros and cons and where to apply, which techniques. The participants might require an in-depth training to gain complete knowledge on specific technique if they have to use to estimate large scale software projects.
Course Contents:
• Why do we need to do estimation? When to do estimation?
• Overview of
• Analogy Based,
• Model Based and
• Metrics Based estimations.
• Overview of Various Estimation Techniques such as
• Expert Judgment Method- Delphi Wide Band Technique.
• Lines of Code estimation
• Three Point estimation technique,
• Work break down structure based estimation.
• Task complexity Based estimation,
• Function Point Estimation
• Use Case based Estimation
• Estimation in Agile Projects
• Cost Estimation using COCOMO-II
• Understand the pros and cons of each technique
• Applicability to Business Applications, Client-Server, Porting and Maintenance projects etc.

Workshop take away:
• Training Course material.
• References and articles on the topic.
• Templates.

Faculty: Niranjan Nerlige V, M.Tech ( IIT,Bombay).

Niranjan has around 19 plus years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance, trainings and deployment of Software Processes, Quality Models – ISO 9001, CMM/CMMI, ISO 27001, Agile (Scrum), EFQM. He has designed and conducted several trainings in Symphony University (Symphony Software Services Corporation Pvt. Ltd), where he anchored process trainings. He led various software improvement initiatives such as Defect Prevention, Technology Change Management, Process Change Management, Defects predictions modelling while he was in Philips Software.



He has published and presented papers on Software Size, Software Project Risks Management in an International Conferences such as SEPG, 18th World Congress for Quality.

Niranjan has conducted over 100+ training programs in Symphony, Ion Idea, Infinite Computers, Vital Images, Unisys, PACE Micro Technology and Philips Software, John Deere, Cap Gemini, GE HealthCare, eRevMax, Zyme Solutions, Goodrich Aerospace, Sling Media Pvt Ltd, Computer Associates, Keannen Associates (US Client) etc, in the areas of Agile Estimation, Scrum Project Management, Software Estimation, CMMI and Software Risk Management and Project Management.

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