#project-management
2 articles
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·Engineering Process·FREE·8 min read
Upstream Engineering from Scratch — Why Projects Are Won or Lost at Requirements
Requirements, then high-level design, then detailed design — why that order? The reason is a branching factor that multiplies at every stage, making the cost of a late fix grow exponentially. Explained from zero with an analogy, a formula, an interactive plot, and code.
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·Engineering Process·★ MEMBER·10 min read
Estimation and Scope — The Cone of Uncertainty and How to Negotiate
Estimates miss because a question about a range gets answered with a point. The cone of uncertainty, three-point estimates, why buffers don't add up the way you think, reference class forecasting, and how to turn a deadline conversation into a scope conversation.