Software estimation and project-management tools

David created a statistical model that forecast a year’s worth of work for a software team to within 5%. He also created a tool that scheduled upcoming projects based on forecast duration, to optimize business priorities, and dependencies between projects and other teams.

He used both tools on a cross-department, 100-developer (approximately) effort with similar success that he co-project-managed. A VP said that it was “the first project in this company's history that delivered basically on time and on spec.”