Tag Archives: budgets & schedules

Numbers, Time and Benchmarks

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Larry

What do you value? Numbers and time are interesting. They have no value in themselves, but success is constantly measured by them. Sports teams, businesses, families and even religious organizations have their set of sacred numbers and times. Either is simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Scrum Master Stuff | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Project Cost Example

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Larry

Important Please read the previous post explaining this model, before reviewing the example below. This example uses the following steps. Adds employee salary, benefits and contractor fees as cost variables. Calculates how much these variables cost each week. Sets highest number of story points … Continue reading →

Posted in Product Owner Stuff, Scrum Master Stuff | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Calculating Project Costs Using Story Points

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Larry

Fibonacci Numbers & Dog Breeds? Managers using the cost accounting method to estimate projects are often lost when it comes to calculating the cost of Agile Scrum projects. Where the cost accounting method typically uses cost of time per project task as … Continue reading →

Posted in Product Owner Stuff, Scrum Master Stuff | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment