RE: Re: Managing Extreme Programming
"Alleman, Glen B." <[email protected]>
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Worse now is the new EIA 748 spec changes the four letter terms to two letter ones... Glen B. Alleman > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [xpAdoption] Re: Managing Extreme Programming > > Hi George, > > > At the start of the project, you have a bunch of user stories, or > > some other description of what the project intends to build. You > > have some idea of the value of this work. Because the value of this > > work is likely to be very difficult to determine via objective > > means, you're very likely to use the simplifying assumption that > > it's worth what it takes to produce it--else we wouldn't be doing > > it. So, Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) is assumed to be the > > value of the completed work. > > "Value" has several meanings. One of them is worth. Another, a > mathematical meaning, is "an assigned or calculated numerical > quantity." I don't know which meaning the EVMS inventors intended, > but I've always found EV easier to understand if I think of value in > the mathematical sense, as if it's just an assigned quantity, having > nothing to do with worth. > > If I remember right, the earlier version of EVMS, called Cost/Schedule > Control System (CSCS), doesn't use the confusing term "value." > > Dale ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Flexible Keyboard is the ideal accessory for PDA users that are on the move. http://us.click.yahoo.com/dCBVZC/WnCFAA/xGHJAA/nhFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/