10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation Steve McConnell © 2002 Construx Software Builders, Inc. All Rights Reserved. www.construx.com D e l e ring Softw are P e ct Succe ss iv roj Construx ® Background Estimation Book v Construx Estimate™ v Construx’ Training s v Construx’ Consulting s v www.construx.com 2 consulting u training u software projects u construx.com Art and Science of Software Estimation Science of estimation is well-developed and well-supported by software
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Contents Executive summary 1 Background 1 Project name 2 Dates and timing 2 Project Sponsor 2 Project Deliverables 2 Scope management 3 Event Timings 4 Division of work 5 The Project controls 5 Cost Control 5 Time Control 5 Strength of Training Control: 6 Participants 6 Risk management 6 The weather 7 Personnel security 7 Injuries of sports 7 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Executive summary People these days are getting fatigue and losing their health. The workaholic environment
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THE EIGHT STAGES OF CHANGE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGERIAL CONCEPTS BY JEROME MITCHELL DR. TYRON WOODARD JULY 22, 2012 Change is defined as the act or process of altering or modifying. Change is very prevalent and viewed differently in the business world. It is a something that takes place daily within any given organization. It does not matter what the situation the business is dealing with, that being growth, startup, downsizing
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Part 2 Introduction China’s export growth and penetration have been remarkable. While China was basically a closed economy 30 years ago, it is now the leading exporter to Japan, the second leading exporter to Europe, and the third leading exporter to the US. This surge in exports has been accompanied by growing trade imbalances between China and the rest of the world. China’s global current account surplus equaled 9% of Chinese GDP in 2006 and 11% of GDP in 2007 (Thorbecke & Smith, 2010). These
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Introduction: Pronounced as separate letters, CPU is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place. In terms of computing power, the CPU is the most important element of a computer system. On large machines, the CPU requires one or more printed circuit boards. On personal computers and small workstations, the CPU is housed in a single
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size that produced and sold over 580,000 barrels of beer in 2009 and expects to sell over 700,000 barrels in 2010 (JUICEBOX, 2010). The revenue generated by New Belgium has helped to make the brewery the 8th largest in the United States (JG Press, Inc, 2003). New Belgium beer is brewed exclusively at the Fort Collins location and is now available in 26 states from coast to coast (JUICEBOX, 2010). The company has grown from a dream in a man’s basement to currently utilizing over 200 employee owners
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INTRODUCTION Management information systems encompass a broad and complex topic. To make this topic more manageable, boundaries will be defined. First, because of the vast number of activities relating to management information systems, a total review is not possible. Those discussed here is only a partial sampling of activities, reflecting the author's viewpoint of the more common and interesting developments. Likewise where there were multiple effects in a similar area of development, only selected
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products. Its chairman, F. Kenneth Iverson, had headed the company for more than 30 years. During his tenure, the steel industry faced a number of problems, including foreign competition, strained labor relations, and slowed demand for steel (related in part to the substitution of alternative materials). Despite these industry challenges, Nucor’s sales during Iverson’s tenure grew at an annual compound rate of about 17 percent per annum. Selected comparative financial data are shown in Exhibit 1. In different
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the largest Internet-based company in the United States. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 was the release of the first online bookstore, Amazon.com Inc. revolutionized the industry. Amazon’s initial entry into the book industry was a bold and strategic move competing with traditional Brick and Mortar stores such as Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc. When Amazon.com began moving from just books into a larger variety of products like CDs, video games, electronics it did not take long for them
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Design of Internet-Based News Delivery Systems and Its Impact on Society YuriQuintana GraduateSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience UniversityofWesternOntario London, Ontario, Canada, N6G1H1 Tel.+1519679-2111ext.8500 Fax+1519661-3506 http://www.newmedia.slis.uwo.ca/yuri/ Abstract This paper presents an overview of emerging interactive multimedia technologies and how they can be used to deliver news on the Internet. A set of design principles for designing interactive multimedia news systems
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