Contribute to policy and process Solution Design, level of Effort Estimation, Project Plan generation, and implementation timelines.



More Uses of the Effort Estimation Toolkit:




• Perform Requirement Analysis, Data Profiling, Effort Estimation for database and Data Warehouse design and development.
  
  

• Develop: actively contribute to consideration on development approaches and Effort Estimation.
  
  

• Be accountable for engaging in technical Resource Planning and level of Effort Estimation to support project scoping, pricing, and planning.
  
  

• Devise: Effort Estimation in support of project delivery or pre sales effort.
  
  

• Orchestrate: Effort Estimation and preparing Test Strategy for the Regression Testing of the applications.
  
  

• Guide: Effort Estimation/review on need basis for new projects.
  
  

• Be accountable for supporting the test engineers, actively performing the Requirement Analysis, and providing the Test Effort Estimation.
  
  

• Drive: Effort Estimation(time, resource, tools) for identified activities.
  
  

• Supervise: project scoping / level of Effort Estimation skills.
  
  

• Lead user story sizing and Test Effort Estimation.
  
  

• Ensure you specify; lead with expertise in scoping and Effort Estimation (time, complexity, risk, team size).
  
  




 



Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Effort Estimation Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step Work Plans and maturity diagnostics for any Effort Estimation related project.



Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.



The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Effort Estimation specific requirements:



STEP 1: Get your bearings



Start with...




• The latest quick edition of the Effort Estimation Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.




Organized in a Data Driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…




• Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation




Then find your goals...



STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track



Featuring 999 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of Process Design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Effort Estimation improvements can be made.



Examples; 10 of the 999 standard requirements:




1. What is the best design framework for Effort Estimation organization now that, in a post industrial-age if the top-down, command and control model is no longer relevant?
   
   

2. How do customers see your organization?
   
   

3. What is the range of capabilities?
   
   

4. What is in the scope and what is not in scope?
   
   

5. Does the Effort Estimation task fit the client's priorities?
   
   

6. What is the extent or complexity of the Effort Estimation problem?
   
   

7. Why a Effort Estimation focus?
   
   

8. How risky is your organization?
   
   

9. How significant is the improvement in the eyes of the end user?
   
   

10. What are your current levels and trends in key Effort Estimation measures or indicators of product and Process Performance that are important to and directly serve your customers?
    
    




Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:




• The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Effort Estimation book in PDF containing 994 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...




Your Effort Estimation self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:




• The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Effort Estimation Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Effort Estimation areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
  
  


• Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix

• Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Effort Estimation Self-Assessment

• Is secure: Ensures offline Data Protection of your Self-Assessment results

• Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:





 



STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy



The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Effort Estimation projects with the 62 implementation resources:




• 62 step-by-step Effort Estimation Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Effort Estimation project requirements and success criteria:




Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:




1. Cost Management Plan: Eac -estimate at completion, what is the total job expected to cost?
   
   

2. Activity Cost Estimates: In which phase of the Acquisition Process cycle does source qualifications reside?
   
   

3. Project Scope Statement: Will all Effort Estimation project issues be unconditionally tracked through the Issue Resolution process?
   
   

4. Closing Process Group: Did the Effort Estimation Project Team have enough people to execute the Effort Estimation Project Plan?
   
   

5. Source Selection Criteria: What are the guidelines regarding award without considerations?
   
   

6. Scope Management Plan: Are Corrective Actions taken when actual results are substantially different from detailed Effort Estimation Project Plan (variances)?
   
   

7. Initiating Process Group: During which stage of Risk planning are risks prioritized based on probability and impact?
   
   

8. Cost Management Plan: Is your organization certified as a supplier, wholesaler, regular dealer, or manufacturer of corresponding products/supplies?
   
   

9. Procurement Audit: Was a formal review of tenders received undertaken?
   
   

10. Activity Cost Estimates: What procedures are put in place regarding bidding and cost comparisons, if any?




 
Step-by-step and complete Effort Estimation Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.



1.0 Initiating Process Group:




• 1.1 Effort Estimation project Charter

• 1.2 Stakeholder Register

• 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix




2.0 Planning Process Group:




• 2.1 Effort Estimation Project Management Plan

• 2.2 Scope Management Plan

• 2.3 Requirements Management Plan

• 2.4 Requirements Documentation

• 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix

• 2.6 Effort Estimation Project Scope Statement

• 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log

• 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure

• 2.9 WBS Dictionary

• 2.10 Schedule Management Plan

• 2.11 Activity List

• 2.12 Activity Attributes

• 2.13 Milestone List

• 2.14 Network Diagram

• 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements

• 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure

• 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates

• 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet

• 2.19 Effort Estimation project Schedule

• 2.20 Cost Management Plan

• 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates

• 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet

• 2.23 Cost Baseline

• 2.24 Quality Management Plan

• 2.25 Quality Metrics

• 2.26 Process Improvement Plan

• 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

• 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan

• 2.30 Communications Management Plan

• 2.31 Risk Management Plan

• 2.32 Risk Register

• 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment

• 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix

• 2.35 Risk Data Sheet

• 2.36 Procurement Management Plan

• 2.37 Source Selection Criteria

• 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan

• 2.39 Change Management Plan




3.0 Executing Process Group:




• 3.1 Team Member Status Report

• 3.2 Change Request

• 3.3 Change Log

• 3.4 Decision Log

• 3.5 Quality Audit

• 3.6 Team Directory

• 3.7 Team Operating Agreement

• 3.8 Team Performance Assessment

• 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment

• 3.10 Issue Log




4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:




• 4.1 Effort Estimation project Performance Report

• 4.2 Variance Analysis

• 4.3 Earned Value Status

• 4.4 Risk Audit

• 4.5 Contractor Status Report

• 4.6 Formal Acceptance




5.0 Closing Process Group:




• 5.1 Procurement Audit

• 5.2 Contract Close-Out

• 5.3 Effort Estimation project or Phase Close-Out

• 5.4 Lessons Learned




 



Results



With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Effort Estimation project with this in-depth Effort Estimation Toolkit.



In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:




• Diagnose Effort Estimation projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

• Implement evidence-based Best Practice strategies aligned with overall goals

• Integrate recent advances in Effort Estimation and put Process Design strategies into practice according to Best Practice guidelines




Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.



Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'



This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Effort Estimation investments work better.



This Effort Estimation All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.



 



Includes lifetime updates



Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.