Carol Dekkers

Carol Dekkers

Carol A. Dekkers is President of Quality Plus Technologies, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in creating peace of mind for companies who want to improve their software processes.

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Carol Dekkers's Talks
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The Professional Certified Scope Manager (CSM): a New IT Job Role
Date    December 3, 2008
Time    59 min
This webinar discusses how software development programs and projects are gaining remarkable benefits based on scope management best practices.
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Successful Software Estimation Before Requirements Are Complete
Date    June 10, 2015
Time    72 min
This webinar outlines how to take a requirements-based approach to project estimating in order to create realistic project estimates even before requirements have gelled.
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Estimation Poker - Bluffing (and Winning) with Metrics
Date    May 3, 2016
Time    58 min
Project estimation can be a game where opportunity, risks, rules, probabilities, skill, and even luck determines success. In fact, it almost sounds like poker!
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Project Scope – Lead, Follow or Get out of the Way
Date    March 2, 2017
Time    67 min
By ensuring that scope remains the key driver on projects and programs, some of our major project management challenges can be overcome and our project opportunities amplified.
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Top Ten Uses of Software Sizing by Mature Organizations
Date    March 13, 2018
Time    90 min
This session is intended for professionals who need to better understand the role of software size as well as how to exploit such metrics for greatest gain.
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Leadership Lessons for the Heart Centered Agilist
Date    January 9, 2020
Time    68 min
In this webinar, we explore the gap that exists between the technical skills and the soft skills that one needs to be successful on agile projects.
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Navigating the Minefield - Creating Software Estimates in Times of Shifting Uncertainty
Date    September 30, 2020
Time    47 min
In this webinar you will learn how software cost estimators are responding to an even changing software landscape and delivering improved estimates.
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Horseshoes and Hand Grenades – What History can Teach us About Software Estimating
Date    January 13, 2021
Time    64 min
This webinar will be surveying the state of software cost estimation and other related advancements.
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Size (Really!) Matters When it's the Key to Better Project Funding
Date    November 17, 2021
Time    49 min
Did you know that the more accurate your software is sized, the higher your funding levels can be? In this webinar we will explore the hidden link between functional size measurement (function points) and better project funding.
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Solving the Agile Estimation Conundrum the SiSE Way!
Date    February 1, 2022
Time    57 min
This session introduces the SiSE process, together with the open-source SiSE guidebook and associated MS Excel® based-SiSE sizing template. Attendees will learn how SiSE uses best practices to quickly estimate requirements and build a credible and defensible cost estimate.
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IT Cost Estimation Jeopardy: the Management Game that's Behind the Times
Date    November 8, 2022
Time    67 min
This session outlines a streamlined and professional approach to software cost estimation together with an estimation maturity model for companies who want to improve their software cost estimating success and ultimately develop better software.
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Software Cost Estimating – Friend or Foe (to Agilists)?
Date    February 15, 2023
Time    53 min
In this webinar with Carol Dekkers, we will gain insights into the role of software cost estimation that may not be apparent or valued by development teams.