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Project Scoping & Estimating

Produces a traceable estimate from countable units, and pressure-tests anyone else's number.

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Illustrative output of Project Scoping & Estimating: Produces a traceable estimate from countable units, and pressure-tests anyone else's number.
Illustrative output with sample data.
The challenge

Your estimate was a feeling with a spreadsheet wrapped around it.

Point estimates

A single number becomes a commitment, then an argument.

Hidden contingency

Buffer is buried in rates where nobody can see it.

Thin testing

Test effort is folded into build and disappears.

Old curves

Phase allocations from before AI-assisted build no longer hold.

How it works

From first question to finished output.

Count the units

Sources, elements, reports and models: things the client can verify.

Rate complexity

Low to Very High per workstream, with a multiplier.

Allocate and staff

Effort by phase per workstream, then a staffing shape with named contingency.

Review

Seven questions to pressure-test a vendor quote or an internal estimate.

What you get

  • Parametric estimate with a range, not a point
  • Staffing shape and named contingency
  • A seven-question review of anyone else's number

What goes in

Unit counts by workstream, complexity drivers, client participation commitment.

Time to answer

As a consulting engagement3 weeks1 person · 3 consultant-weeks
Running the skill20 minutesSize mode · 2–3 hours to Estimate

What it still needs from you

Calibrating the multipliers on your own delivery history.

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See Project Scoping & Estimating in action.

Thirty minutes with Harveer, on your own data problem.