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Reprise: Software Cost Estimating, If You Don’t Know What, You Can’t Estimate How… and ICEAA TAMPA

I first published the article listed below in 2014 - A WHOLE 5 years ago, and as I prepare to present at next week's ICEAA…

Carol DekkersMay 9, 2019

Communication Uncategorized

GDPR, Forget Me and Human Connection

Last week, the first of many sweeping data privacy laws went into effect in Europe: The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. If you've ever…

Carol DekkersMay 31, 2018

Certified Scope Manager / CSM Designing Software Software Development Software Measurement Uncategorized

To estimate or not to estimate? Not the right question…

Over the past few years I've seen an increase in articles and posts about whether or not to do estimation (of cost, schedule and effort)…

Carol DekkersNovember 14, 2017

Certified Scope Manager / CSM Estimating Software Development Cost and Effort Scope Management Software Development Software Measurement Uncategorized

Function Points (Software Size) come of Age: Mature, Stable, and Relevant

It is with pride and honor to share with you news about the upcoming Sept 13-15, 2017 celebratory (and educational) conference: ISMA14 (International Software Measurement…

Carol DekkersAugust 19, 2017

Articles Uncategorized

Estimation Poker – Bluffing (and Winning) with Metrics

In May 2016, I presented a webinar for ITMPI on the topic of Estimation Poker based on the broad topic of software project estimation -…

Carol DekkersAugust 12, 2016

Articles Certified Scope Manager / CSM Designing Software Software Development Software Measurement

QSM (Quantitative Software Management) 2014 Research Almanac Published this week!

Over the years I've been privileged to have articles included in compendiums with industry thought leaders whose work I've admired. This week, I had another…

Carol DekkersNovember 14, 2014

Articles Certified Scope Manager / CSM Software Measurement

What Software Project Benchmarking & Estimating Can Learn from Dr. Seuss

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction - or children's stories at least, and I'm hoping you'll relate to the latest blog post I published on…

Carol DekkersNovember 10, 2014

Communication Designing Software Software Development Software Measurement

Combining Soft Skills and Hard Tools for Better Software

One of the more interesting topics in software development (at least from my perspective) is the culture of the industry. Seldom does one find an…

Carol DekkersOctober 14, 2014

Articles

IFPUG (News) Beyond MetricViews – FP for Agile / Iterative S/W Dev

With the support of QSM, Inc., I wrote and published this article on a new area of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) website…

Carol DekkersAugust 12, 2014

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No free lunch in Software Estimation and Benchmarking

I'd love to have comments on my latest QSM blog post of the same name... read more

Carol DekkersJune 17, 2014