:AACE CERTIFICATION 2009-2010:

Thinking about our Doctor's questions in my last blog posting, I find out that I'm more and more interested in the topic related to WBS development. Actually, WBS development is a big topic to study about but for my ~ 2500-word paper I'm just intending to explore on how to have healthy cost estimating in WBS level then activity level which is currently a hot topic in my real life project/organization. The following is my general outline for what I am going to study about in the coming days. 1. WBS development tools
Introducing Cocoon II, Delphi
2. Planning cost
Common activity groups in a turn-key telecom project: + man-hour cost/+ service cost/+ material cost
Tools and techniques to have the best cost estimating for these activities
3 Risk contingencies cost should be built in WBS? What should be the first choice for estimating cost in a turn-key telecom project.
Based on these key points I'm going to propose a change request for my topic as "Using Cocomo II in planning cost for the turn-key telecom projects"
The general outline for this proposed topic is as follows
- Cocomo II introduction (definition, sample diagram)
- Detailed plan for a turn-key telecom project (the common activity group, techniques to calculate cost for each activity group, the real life example)
- Risk contingency cost (where should the cost included? WBS level or activity level)
- Comparison with other techniques in estimating cost
That's all I intend to put in ~ 2500-word paper. Hope it is not so wide or narrow :D
Actually, I'm still quite confused with this outline. Maybe I should need more time to work in details and can give out the more appropriate one.
P/S: [Dear Mentor] I know the blog should not be a place for outline review for my paper but this is what I all thought about the whole week. In addition, I'm currently working with cost analysis in my real life project so I'm trying to find a topic that related to what I am doing now and what is more focused by management in my organization. Could you give me some ideas on the proper topics that I can write within 2500-word paper. (Surely, a Change Request for topic change will be submitted to you once I find a proper topic for me to proceed...I will have 10-day vacation to catch up with AACE in the year-end week :D "ten ten"