Estimating Mobile Projects: Don’t Scare the Client or Go Bankrupt
summary
A mobile development estimator with over seven years’ experience explains how to produce objective, high-quality effort estimates for mobile app projects without scaring clients or risking project failure. The talk covers which factors to include in estimates, common estimation mistakes, their effects on outcomes, and practical practices to avoid those pitfalls and deliver reliable estimates efficiently.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:33Preliminary estimation need
- 6:25Over/underestimation risks
- 8:12Estimation participants
- 12:07Estimation process
- 17:01Estimation approaches
- 19:10Mobile technology choice
- 27:38MVP vs Proof of Concept
- 33:18Platform parity pitfalls
- 36:34Backend dependency challenges
- 42:16UI/UX estimation traps
- 45:09Tablet support
- 46:53Android fragmentation
- 49:03Buffers and risk
- 54:22Senior developer paradox
- 56:49Presenting estimates
- 59:57Handling disagreement
- 1:04:30Recommended reading
- 1:05:55Over vs underestimation
- 1:07:22Task estimation process
- 1:09:04Estimation accuracy
- 1:11:52Final advice
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