Arriving at a robust project schedule is hard. But, in this video, I will break it down into a simple process with three phases and 10 steps.

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Summary of my 10step process for estimating your project schedule

Ph 1: Understanding
1. Understand the context of your project
2. Understand history
3. Understand the requirements
4. Document your assumptions

Ph 2: Estimating
5. Initial, Toplevel estimate
6. Detailed estimate
7. Confidence level

Ph 3: Protecting
8. Contingency
9. What if?
10. Checking and review


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⏱ Chapter Markers...
00:00 How to Estimate your Project Schedule
00:33 Phase 1: Step 1
00:58 Phase 1: Step 2
01:37 Phase 1: Step 3
02:09 Phase 1: Step 4
03:02 Phase 2: Step 5
03:43 Phase 2: Step 6
04:22 Phase 2: Step 7
05:38 Phase 3: Step 8
06:10 Phase 3: Step 9
06:41 Phase 3: Step 10

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