Project managers are asked to provide effort, duration, and cost estimates as a primary part of our jobs. You know then, that the estimation process is partly an art and partly a science. However, ...

The purpose of the estimate is two-fold. First, it allows the contractor to enter into a contractual agreement with confidence. Second, it provides an organized, detailed plan to execute the project ...

While cloud computing and the abundant project data it provides have transformed everything from construction management to conceptual design, preconstruction estimating remains stubbornly unchanged, ...

This latest release of Corecon’s web-based estimating and project management software offers users several new tools to help manage construction projects. Corecon V7 web-based estimating and project ...

In my September column, I outlined what not to do when trying to set up a commercial HVAC/plumbing estimating department. Using the worst remembered anecdotes and emotional souvenirs, I reviewed the ...

Steve McConnell is CEO and chief software engineer at Construx Software, but you’re more likely to recognize his name as the author of Code Complete and several other books that made him a software ...

You are a project manager of a critical software project. The senior management is on your back to deliver, your budget is running out, the pressure from business is building up, and the CIO is ...

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