Eliciting Requirements.It’s an Art.So – is your answer a faster horse, a car, or Internet access and home learning kit?…
One of the critical job of a #Salesforce or Microsoft Consultant or a #awesomeadmins is to tactfully challenge requests. So many business applications can…
How are humans and organisations like zombies?No, we don’t eat brains. We can however, get to a point where our…
How long will you take to learn how to make donuts with only your feet? 👣Uhh … whut? Estimating #Salesforce…
When is 1 * 100 <> 10 * 10?When estimating #Salesforce project costs. If 10 tasks is estimated to take…
I ❤ estimating #Salesforce projects.Perhaps it’s a nerdy thing, but I love the planning, and the thinking that goes behind…
“So talk to me about how you worked out your project estimates.” My ex-colleague, T, had just joined a company…
“So essentially, you knocked up your estimates on the back of a fag packet?” He got a bit defensive.“No, I…
“Um… John always made sure things like that worked automagically.” They couldn’t figure out why the financial records weren’t coming…
“Here you go – these are the build estimates for the user stories. Can you come up with a pricing…
Estimating a consulting project is easy. “You pick an imaginary number, double it, double it, and then double it 4…
Why should consulting partners estimate requirements using time, and not story points? Because unless they are doing a pure agile…
Detail or Big Picture? Ideally both. The ability to focus on the roots and the trees, and the biodiversity around…
“What should we have in the ‘Gender’ picklist field? It’s now more than 2, right?” “Business wants to collect number…
The two things you need to get right if you are looking to implement a CRM system. Make sure that…
There is a skill in estimating how long a Discovery will take. For mid to larger sized projects, this can…
“Here’s the list of requirements, and the team’s estimation against each item. Go and create a project plan.” There’s no…
How to consistently and repeatedly reduce the possibility of a project being undersold in a fast-paced sales cycle? Estimating correctly…