Contents

• List of Figures
• Introduction
• Background
• Estimating using FPA and Hours/FP
  • Choosing a productivity rate
  • Factoring in acceptance testing
  • Exercise: A more conservative estimate
  
  
• Estimating using Work Breakdown Structure
  • WBS accuracy
  • Use feedback to improve WBS estimates
  • Factoring in acceptance testing
  • WBS estimate
  
  
• Estimating using Construx Estimate or IFPUG data
  • Construx Estimate, coming soon
  • IFPUG data, coming soon
  
  
• Estimating summary
  • Estimating using FPA and Hours/FP
  • Estimating using WBS
  
  
• Limitations
• Conclusion
• References
• Bonus: How to estimate extremely early in the lifecycle
  • The Cone of Uncertainty

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