RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Typically in a Software Development Project or any Knowledge oriented Project, the Effort spent cannot be directly associated with % of work completion. Quantifying the work completion becomes subjective. Saving Changes...
Velocity of the team is a kind of Learning Curve. Once the team has first couple of experience round behind, the story points per sprint get more and more realistc. It is a kind of "learning journey". Saving Changes...
KUMARAGURU M.R.PM| Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions LtMadurai, Tamil Nadu, India
I agree with "Mr.Peter Ambrosy" EVM is a Journey
# Motivate the team
# Have a trial period to understand the process and pulse of the team
# try to use 3-pt estimates and VSM tool
# Refine your estimates with learnings
# bit of micro management is required to understand - where and what is going wrong. Also pay attention to time recording.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
That is the art in IT projects. Work progress is not subjective. But because software intangibility some people use it in that way. You have methods to become it objective. You can search for them into the internet into sites like ACM Computer Society or Cargnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. Saving Changes...
Rajesh, just to clarify, are you saying that EVM is appropriate or inappropriate for software development projects?
Regardless, I would say EVM is not the right tool to use to "quantify work completion." EVM is for measuring project performance, specifically for determining if you've spent more or less than planned based on the percentage of work complete. It's more about the efficiency of the work that has been performed and the ability to estimate future performance if things do not change.
If you want your effort spent to be directly associated with the % of work completed, you would need exact estimates and precise measures of work completed and how much work is left - no gut feelings. Saving Changes...
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