Writings
by Bill Meacham, PMP
Here are some papers I have written on various topics. After reading one, click your browser's Back button to return here.
Estimating Software Projects
These materials are from a class I teach on how to estimate accurately the effort required to complete a software development project. You are welcome to use them in your projects. The textbook explains the technique and how to use the spreadsheet templates.
- Textbook in HTML format.
- Textbook in PDF format suitable for download.
- Spreadsheet template for estimating effort by project phase.
- Spreadsheet template for estimating effort for a simple project.
Electronic Voting with an Audit Trail
There are lots of problems with electronic voting (e-voting) systems that have no non-electronic audit trail. This paper describes how an e-voting system with an audit trail would work and lists some references for further investigation of the issues.