Re: estimation enquiry

In addition to Alan's recommendation, to answer the other question, yes, it is possible, and it is frequently done. It is not the optimal arrangement, but it can work, and agile often gives better results than the traditional ways. 

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> On 5 Dec 2016, at 18:10, Alan Dayley [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Osaki,
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> You will not get full answers to your questions via email. Why? Because it would take a book to answer.
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> So, start with this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Agile-Estimating-Planning-Mike-Cohn/dp/0131479415
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> Alan
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>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Osaki Miller Thom-Manuel [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Greetings,
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>> I have never  executed any software project using agile. But there is one thing that is certain in every implement of software system and that is estimation. 
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>> Supposing, as a team of agile developers working in a software developing firm , a client comes up with the need for automating a particular process. Certainly it is normal for him to be told what it will cost him after he must have given the description of what we wants.
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>> is it possible for him to be given a cost estimate or a fixed cost of what he should be expecting as what he will pay?
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>>  if yes, pls how is done ? if no, what is to be done?
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>> thanks
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