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Software People Stories

287 EpisodesProduced by PM Power ConsultingWebsite

Stories of what worked and sometimes what did not, in the course of discovering, designing, developing and delivering software based solutions – as shared by practitioners who went through these situations.

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32: Estimation and Planning

Listen to this conversation between Sridevi Devathi from HCL and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting as they talk about Sridevi's career and journey around -
How she started as a developer and then moved to quality
Moving into estimation and setting up the estimation CoE
Different generations of software architectures / models and various models for software development
Some challenges that have continued to bother teams over the last couple of decades related to estimation
Relevance of historical data based on standard estimation models, in the new and emerging approaches to develop software
Her thoughts on using AI/ML for estimation
Use of Function Points in the Financial Services industry
Relevance and utility of structured methods for estimation for startups
Effectiveness of Agile approaches including having the right coaches even in uncertain problem domains
How art [or a hobby] can be a stress buster as well as provide motivation
Sridevi comes with 24 years of IT/Software industry experience, of which she has spent 21 years with HCL. She has worked across Quality, Delivery Excellence, Process/Estimation Consulting, Presales, Project Delivery/Management and Software Development areas. She has been a trainer and consultant in Quality, Project Management and Estimation areas; and is managing HCL Estimation COE for past 10 years. She has participated in few industry forums, and was a panel member in two recent ISMA conferences.
You can reach her via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridevi-devathi-b4638018/

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