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If you are involved in estimation of IT projects for bids, proposals, budgets, planning, validation and justifications, you may be looking for - New approaches to prepare reliable estimates quickly, validate and justify outsourcing actions, uncover trends of outsourcing cost. Save your expert’s precious effort and time by using a single tool to prepare in-house as well as outsourcing estimates rather than using multiple tools. Choices of using multiple estimation methods to cover functional and non-functional requirements. and ...
Looking for the best solution to meet your estimation requirements, you should read this ppt. RASS Estimate is a versatile ALL-IN-ONE but easy to use tool. It empowers you with 15 integrated estimation models, 6 functional sizing methods to choose from, Enterprise level as well as a single user solution, Covering estimates of functional and non-functional work, Ways to speed up estimating without loosing accuracy of estimates, Simulating productivities in case actual productivities are not available, See top-down and bottom-up estimates side by side, Customization if your requirements need enhancements and many more .... RASS Estimate is capable of estimating all types IT projects i.e. Software, Infrastructure and Services i.e. there is no need to use multiple estimation tools to get the complete estimates of an IT Project.
RASS Estimate allows the use of one or more Estimation methods together for the complete estimation of a project. Estimation methods cover estimating Functional as well Non-functional work. Do not worry if the metrics measurement function is not setup in your organization. It has estimation methods that entirely rely on qualitative inputs from experts as well as estimation methods that take the advantage of the availability of productivity and size measurements. RASS Estimate supports multiple Formal as well as Custom Estimation methods suited for estimation at different stage of project’s SDLC. Estimation methods are available to estimate Ballpark or ROM estimates at the very beginning of the project suited for budgeting, planning and bidding purposes, methods to estimate when requirements are partly known or full known and methods to estimate at later stages of the SDLC to control project scope. RASS Estimate allows you to see Top-down and Bottom-up Estimates approaches side-by-side simultaneously on the same screen RASS Estimate provides the best of user friendliness of MS Excel as front-end and MS SQL Server for data storage, reporting and analysis purposes. Use it either as a single user with complete privacy or allow multiple users to cooperate to produce estimates
RASS Estimate's estimation capabilities include Estimate Effort by Disciplines, SDLC Phases and WBS Estimate Schedule by SDLC Phases down to tasks level Plan Resources – Effort, Head Count and Allocation % Generate complete MS Project Schedule up to task level Estimate Functional and Non-functional work together Estimate Outsourcing Cost through outsource profiles Estimate Bid Price (most likely and minimum price) Choice of estimating or counting the functional Size Choice of using Use Cases, Function Points or Custom Points Choice of using rapid count or detailed count
RASS Estimates gives you choice of Formal, Proprietary and Custom Estimation methods - Similar Projects Comparison based Estimation model
RASS Estimates gives you choice of user functionality sizing methods RASS Estimate's Technical Capabilities RASS Estimate's features that puts estimation at your finger tips Configure a project to use one or more estimation models together Model and configure new estimation projects from previous projects Enter afresh or assemble estimation data from stored components - See Bottom-up and Top-down estimates side-by-side
- All estimation models drive the same set of reports
- One Outsource model drives all estimation methods
- Common Productivity master for all sizing methods
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