Estimates help project managers plan projects by allowing them to block team member time, set deadlines, and manage expectations. Estimates also help with budgeting by providing a cost range for the project. Even with careful planning, unforeseen issues can cause delays or budget overruns. Accurate estimates allow project managers and clients to be on the same page about the project scope and resources needed.
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Drupal Estimation Techniques by Project Managers
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AS PRESENTED AT DRUPALCAMP STOCKHOLM ON MARCH 8 2013
2. Introductions
Seriously, who are these people?
Shannon Vettes Jakob Persson
Partner Manager at Doing Drupal since 2005, co-
Commerce Guys, Project founded NodeOne in 2007,
Managing since 2005, currently freelance Drupal
Drupal since 2010, consultant
Working in IT since 2000
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5. WHY YOU ARE HERE
When a client or
colleague asks you
for an estimate,
what’s your initial
reaction?
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6. WHY YOU ARE HERE
When a client or
colleague asks you
for an estimate,
what’s your initial
reaction?
Is it THIS?
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7. WHY YOU ARE HERE
When a client or
colleague asks you
for an estimate,
what’s your initial
reaction?
Or... Maybe This?
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8. WHY YOU ARE HERE
When a client or
colleague asks you
for an estimate,
what’s your initial
reaction?
I hope it’s not this....
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9. WHY YOU ARE HERE
If it’s anything like that,
You’ve come to the
right place!
10. WHY YOU ARE HERE
At the end of this presentation,
we want you to feel like this
when asked for an estimate.
We’ll cover:
What an estimate is
Why estimates are needed
How risks affect estimates
How an estimate is made
Answers to your questions
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12. WHAT AN ESTIMATE IS
“Estimation is the calculated
approximation of a result which is
usable even if input data may be
incomplete or uncertain.”
– Wikipedia
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13. WHAT AN ESTIMATE IS
“How to bake a pie”
✔ Requirements clarification
✔ Use cases
✔ Theming
✔ UI refinement
✔ Development/config
✔ Training/doc
✔ Automated testmaking
✔ Testing
✔ Bugfixing
✔ Deployment
✔ Project management time
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14. ✔ Requirements clarification
✔ Use cases
✔ UI refinement
Story Case
Focuses on needs Focus on behavior
and describe and interaction,
functionality in a eliminates
way the shows its ambiguity and
application and provides the
business value. developer with the
information he/she
needs.
•Role •Summary
•Need •Rationale
•Sequence of •Users
events •Preconditions
•How to demo •Default events
•Alternative
sequence
http://www.stellman-greene.com/2009/05/03/requirements-101-user-stories-vs-use-cases/
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15. ✔ Requirements clarification
✔ Use cases
✔ UI refinement
Requirements evolve and are clarified over the course of a
project, and they’re often provided as UI designs.
Click me Click me Click me
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16. ✔ Theming
✔ Development/config
<html> The “real” work?
< ?p hp
m_al ter() .tpl.php
hook_for
Views Panel <as ide>
CCK s
R ules $(function() {
...})
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17. ✔ Automated testmaking
✔ Testing
✔ Bugfixing
• Test more, build more
• Automated testing
saves time over the
course of a project
• Tests helps identify
and manage
ambiguous
requirements
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20. PROJECT MANAGEMENT DOES TAKE TIME
What about the dreaded....
“We don’t need another
PM from your team
adding overhead to this
project.”
- Poor Soul
✔ Project management time
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21. PROJECT MANAGEMENT DOES TAKE TIME
What about the dreaded....
“We don’t need another
PM from your team
adding overhead to this
project.”
- Poor Soul
✔ Project management time
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27. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
Choose a team
then
April Block their time
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based on estimates
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29. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
April
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Get a deadline...
then
Choose a team
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30. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
05
Project estimated to 115 hours. I got 3 guys working
full time for a week gives...
40 hrs × 3 = 120 hrs
April May
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31. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
05
t ’s
Project estimated to 115 hours. I got 3 guys working
full time for a week gives...
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ps...
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Woo IL= 120 hrs
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Ahrs
VAIL 40
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A April
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May
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32. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
6.4 × 3 = 19.2 hrs per day
April May
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115/19.2 = 6 days
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33. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
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34. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
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35. WHY WE NEED ESTIMATES
Plan
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40. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
€60
€30
€100
€120
€50
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41. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
€60
€30
€100
€120
$ €
€€ $
€50 $
$ $€ $ €
€
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42. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
€60
€30
€100
10-20
30 -40
€120
$ €
€€ $
$
80 -120
10 -20
€50
$ $€ $ €
€
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43. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
We think this is
I’m sure!
accurate...
€120
80 -120
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44. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
We think this is
I’m sure!
accurate...
€120
80 -120
April May
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45. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
We know this is
I’m sure!
accurate...
€120
80 -120
April May
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46. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
Complexity
€100
Familiarity
80 -120
Dependency
80-120
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47. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
The sweet spot, Brings a lot of
low hanging fruit value but also risk
Value
Postpone, change
Not a lot of gain
or discard
Effort / Risk
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48. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
The sweet spot, Brings a lot of
low hanging fruit value but also risk
Value
Postpone, change
Not a lot of gain
or discard
Effort / Risk
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49. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
The sweet spot, Brings a lot of
low hanging fruit value but also risk
Value
Postpone, change
Not a lot of gain
or discard
Effort / Risk
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50. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
The sweet spot, Brings a lot of
low hanging fruit value but also risk
Value
Postpone, change
Not a lot of gain
or discard
Effort / Risk
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51. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
The sweet spot, Brings a lot of
low hanging fruit value but also risk
Value
Postpone, change
Not a lot of gain
or discard
Effort / Risk
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52. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
$
€ Budget
€50 €120
10 -20
C €100
A
40 -60 80 -120
€60
B
Value
€50
10 -20
D 30 -40
E €40
€30
80 -120
G
10-20
F
Effort / Risk
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53. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
Communicate
Communication as in ...
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54. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
Communicate
Communication as in ...
Are we on the
same page?
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55. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
Communicate
Do they Do they
understand how understand what
complex this we’re trying to
design is? achieve?
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56. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
Communicate
4,500 - 5,500 2,500??? Do they
2,500 - 3,500 really understand
the risks and
complexities?
RFP
6,500 - 7,000
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57. WHY DO WE NEED THEM
Communicate
€40,000
€40,000
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61. MANAGING RISK Risk
“Risk comes from not knowing
what you’re doing.”
- Warren Buffett
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62. MANAGING RISK Risk
What’s the point
of Risk
Management?
To help you assess risks to
your estimation, and align the
numbers to manage that risk. Avoid car wrecks
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65. MANAGING RISK Risk
? Identification
? 05
The usual suspects…
HEY, NOT MY PROBLEM!
THE API IS STABLE! THERE´S A MODULE FOR THAT!
ISN’T IT OOTB?
UI IS EASY
TO CHANGE!
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66. MANAGING RISK Risk
Assessment 05
Composite risk rating
Impact Probability
× =8
It’s an opportunity to evaluate risk
in order to decide how to treat it.
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67. MANAGING RISK Risk
Assessment 05
RISK IMPACT PROBABILITY RATING
Shared sign on 5 5 25
Integration online booking 4 4 16
Migration legacy system 2 4 8
Asteroid hitting the Earth 1E+21 0.000000001
Hey! Don’t forget about us!
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1338362
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68. MANAGING RISK Risk
Assessment 05
Overall risk assessment: Low 1-8, Medium 9-16 or High 17-25
LOW MEDIUM HIGH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
IGNORE QUARTERLY MONTHLY WEEKLY DAILY
Overall risk monitoring, a continual process.
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69. MANAGING RISK Risk
Assessment 05
DUDE, WTF?
Meh Meh seriously Dude, seriously
SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY?
the api is stable
5 ASTEROID VIDEO COMPONENT
4 INTEGRATION
Impact
3
2 MIGRATION
1
1 2 3 4 5
Probability
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70. MANAGING RISK Risk
Mitigation 05
Accept risk - no action
Eliminate risk
Limit risk
Share risk
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71. MANAGING RISK Risk
05
THE F RONT
FROM
L INES
‘Just trust us’
A TRUE RISK MITIGATIO
N STORY
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74. ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
Ball Park Top-Down
05
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Requ irement
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to
be able
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to
r I want
• As a use edit blog
to
be able
posts to
r I want sh
• As a use un/publi
to
be able
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blog po
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75. ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
Weighted Estimate
05
Task Est Conf Low - Hi
Blog listing view 1 4 0.7 - 1.5
Blog
Blog post 1 4 0.7 - 1.5
Comments 1 4 0.7 - 1.5
Create views Create rules Theming Test
Redirect user 2 3 1-4
Redirect user
Blog listing after making Blog front page
post
Show message 2 3 1-4
Showing
Blog post
message
Post pages
...
Comments
Comment listing 300 - 450
Create a post
form
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77. ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
05
When should I use what?
Ball Park Top-Down Weighted Estimation Delphi
General Strategy Specific Features
When Estimate Ranges
Decisions > Accuracy Several Experts
Pros: Easy/Fast Pros: Variance Range Pros: Smarter/Accurate
Why Cons: Short-term Cons: Takes time Cons: Feature Specific
Helps for decision making Helps level-set expectations Helps validate theories
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78. ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
05
100%
Actual accuracy of the
estimate
vs
Estimator’s confidence
in the accuracy of the
estimate
Time and effort spent
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79. ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
The dont’s
• Don’t play the blame game
• Don’t estimate what you
cannot know – requirements
are like icebergs
• Don’t estimate in a vacuum
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1001938
80. TAKE AWAYS
• Management by estimate == bad idea
• Estimates should include much more
than just development
• Estimates are more than just numbers
• Use risk management to avoid
problems you can identify
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