http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/magic-numbers-of-project-management/ Management and Creative Thinking Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:17:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/magic-numbers-of-project-management/comment-page-1/#comment-607892 Random Thoughts on Estimation Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:53:21 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2791#comment-607892 [...] they head towards wild guesses with some magic number applied, which may have some sense but not when used instead of real [...] [...] they head towards wild guesses with some magic number applied, which may have some sense but not when used instead of real [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/magic-numbers-of-project-management/comment-page-1/#comment-594499 PH Lippel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:45 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2791#comment-594499 I had a research colleague/mentor named Bob who, when trying to get me to rationalize my own overly optimistic schedule estimates, said his graduate thesis advisor always multiplied Bob's time projections by 2*pi. (Forgotten factors of 2*pi are quite common in early stages of a math or physics calculations.) I had a research colleague/mentor named Bob who, when trying to get me to rationalize my own overly optimistic schedule estimates, said his graduate thesis advisor always multiplied Bob’s time projections by 2*pi. (Forgotten factors of 2*pi are quite common in early stages of a math or physics calculations.)

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/magic-numbers-of-project-management/comment-page-1/#comment-586467 Principles of Product Development Flow - review & retrospective « Positive Incline Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:49:14 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2791#comment-586467 [...] indispensible things that I’m simply not missing. And let’s face it: so often they’re rubbish anyway! Create [decentralized] systems to harvest the early cheap opportunities [...] [...] indispensible things that I’m simply not missing. And let’s face it: so often they’re rubbish anyway! Create [decentralized] systems to harvest the early cheap opportunities [...]

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