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Category Archives: estimating
How many freight cars are in that train?
Ask my wife about my behavior on any road trip we’ve taken together. I’m always estimating things along the way. What time will we get there? How many miles is it from here? How many freight cars are in that train? I get a kick out of these sort of activities because, not only are they fun and help pass the time, but I feel I am thus better able to guess at related questions in the future. Continue reading
Concentricity – A Tool for Planning and Accomplishing Anything
THE CONCEPTS DEFINITION: Concentricity: the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another). The traditional “target” image needs to be altered, however, to allow for a flexible application. The focus at any given moment will shift to … Continue reading
Process
I hope the main things we took away from the process training is this: Prototyping is the Anti-Waterfall Doing development and design iteratively has distinct advantages over the traditional waterfall approach. It creates a high-quality plan while keeping the client … Continue reading
Contract Killers
I just read a great article by Andy Budd that talks about an alternative approach to bidding out projects. called “Target-Scope.” It looks like a great idea (it might be akin to what the ZenPrint estimates were like). What do … Continue reading
Tips for project managers on courting clients
Because Rain handles a number of large projects each year, we benefit from a wide range of project management experiences. Here are some recent lessons I wanted to formulate into a post. This content is intended for other Project Managers … Continue reading