Description
This assignment is designed to evaluate your ability to apply cost-estimating techniques for project activities. You will learn both qualitative and quantitative options to determining the project’s budget.
Jacqueline is the project manager for Jet on Demand (JoD), a company that brokers private jet flights for companies and consumers who want to avoid the hassle of flying commercially. Currently, the flights are booked by calling a toll-free number, which is time consuming and prone to mistakes.
Felicia Daniels, a retired military pilot, founded JoD and serves as the CEO. She hired Jacqueline because of the urgent need to create an app that allows customers to book a flight on their mobile devices, whether iOS of Android. Felicia believes this technology will increase business, especially since private jets are becoming more affordable.
The schedule for the project is 7 months, and Felicia has allocated $250,000 for the work. However, Jacqueline’s team has yet to complete the planning process.
Please provide responses to the following items:
- What are the pros and cons to using expert judgment when estimating the cost for this project? Which experts should Jacqueline contact? What type of information is she seeking related to costs?
- Jet on Demand has not worked on a similar project in the past. However, Jacqueline has extensive experience leading app development projects. Explain how she can use analogous estimating given her previous work experience.
- Discuss the value of using three-point estimating for this app project. Select three activities where this technique can be used, and perform the calculation. You will need to find the following estimates: optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic.
- Of these two estimating techniques, parametric and bottom-up, which one do you think might be of most value to Jacqueline’s team? Please justify your response.
Components
- Title page formatted in current APA style with the following information: Title of the paper, your name, course number and section number, and date.
- A table of contents using the following headers: Introduction, Pros and Cons of Using Expert Judgment, Application of Analogous Estimating, Value of Three-Point Estimating, Parametric vs. Bottom-up Estimating, Conclusion, and References.
- A minimum of three scholarly journal and textbook source references cited and credited according to current APA formatting style using a minimum of six in-text citations.
- The paper should be focused and to the point, containing between 600–800 words specific to the table of content items, excluding references.
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Cost Estimation
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Course # and Section #
November 16, 2020
COST ESTIMATION
Table of Contents
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………… 2
Pros and Cons of Using Expert Judgement …………………….………………………. 2
Applications of Analogous Estimating…………………………………………………. 2
Value of Three-Point Estimating………………………………………………………… 3
Parametric vs. Bottom Up Estimating………………………………………………….... 3
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………… 3
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COST ESTIMATION
Introduction Like all projects, a team must find the most efficient way to accomplish
their goals. In this scenario, Jacqueline’s team should aim to stay under the budget. If her team
fails to do so, the costs could reduce the profit. Additionally, Jacqueline’s team has a deadline so
the team must plan out how they should spend their time on this project. Much of this goal
should be achieved by closely monitoring how the money is being utilized, and seeing how much
the t...