Software cost estimating tutorials

By alvin ~ Posted Tue, 11/29/2011 - 14:50

Just a quick note here today that if you're interested in learning about software cost estimating, I've written several tutorials over on my devdaily.com website.

Here are links to several of those tutorials:

(The last link on cost estimating for agile software projects is currently a collection of slides from a presentation I've given, and at some point I hope to make those pages a little more dynamic.)

Most programmers find that software cost estimating is very difficult, so I hope these resources are helpful. I personally learned a lot about it in the 1990s, through some very painful and expensive experiences. Even then, I was never very good at cost estimating until I learned about Function Point Analysis (FPA). These days, in my work as a business analyst and computer programmer, I've found that learning how to estimate software projects is critical to my own survival.

Again, I hope these resources are helpful. If you live in Colorado, and you'd like to learn more about my software cost estimating techniques, feel free to contact me. I'm glad to share what I know about topics like Function Point Analysis and software cost estimating.