A few years back, a colleague shared an interesting exercise with me. He took a deck of cards, split it in half, turned one half face up, then mixed all the cards up on a table and asked me how many ...

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If you have ever shopped around for development help, you probably received a wide range of estimates. Why is that? How would it cost one team $500,000 and another team $100,000 to complete the same ...

There are dozens of estimating software programs available for the construction industry. This makes sense because increasing volume of estimating is a key step in growing a construction business. And ...

Don’t gamble when prioritizing enterprise software projects. See why you should prioritize by ROI, and how to do it using the risk-adjusted value method. Erik Nelson, an accomplished IT professional, ...

Traditional estimating methods often involve hours of manual work, sifting through drawings, checking specs, and juggling spreadsheets. When deadlines are tight and project demands grow, these ...

Keeping your customers happy and managing operations is what keeps an auto shop running. But there’s one problem: most shop owners depend on handwritten estimates. It leads to misquotes and frustrated ...

The country's vibrant construction industry has adopted software for various purposes, from design to project management, and the use has increased in recent years. Software solutions are now ...