The Fact That Your Project is Agile is Not (Necessarily) a Cost Driver

The Fact That Your Project is Agile is Not (Necessarily) a Cost Driver
Arlene F. Minkiewicz

All true agile projects follow the same philosophy, they do not all apply the same set of practices, tools or processes. Agile projects are value driven, thus subject to change. There are, however, business and contractual requirements for up front estimates creating a conundrum. This paper discusses a methodology and rules of thumb for estimating agile projects, based analysis of publicly available datasets, that provides value to stakeholders and aligns with Earned Value Management requirements.

Arlene F. Minkiewicz is the Chief Scientist at PRICE Systems, LLC with over 35 years of experience at PRICE building cost models. She leads the cost research activity for TruePlanning, the suite of cost estimating products that PRICE provides. She is a software measurement expert dedicated to finding creative solutions focused on helping make software development professionals successful. She is widely published and speaks frequently on software related topics.