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Jeff Dunmall

Toronto, Canada

C-founder of imason inc. a Toronto-based boutique focused on helping make employees more productive. Work: social, mobile + enterprise solutions, monetizing IP, building partnerships, building a professional services firm, co-existing with your co-CEO. Play: geek, father of two, sailor.

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Portals

Provide users with easy access to the right information at the right time – informing, empowering, organizing, and connecting your employees with a stable, secure, and cloud-ready platform. Specialization in social intranets using tools like NewsGator & Yammer.

http://www.imason.com/solutions/portals

Mobile Knowledge Solutions

Mobile technologies are changing how people connect, collaborate, and share information at work. In this new mobile world, imason helps enterprises with secure, flexible and scalable knowledge management solutions. We specialize in Xamarin & Layer 7.

http://www.imason.com/solutions/mobile

Microsoft Cloud Solutions

Real-world experience with Azure, Yammer, and Office 365.

http://www.imason.com/solutions/cloud

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What is the best way to help people estimate their required effort on tasks accurately so the rest of the team can make realistic and accurate plans?

Four thoughts. First, define what maximum and minimum effort estimate is acceptable - for example, tasks should not take less than 2 hours or more than 4. Second, communicate that contingency shouldn't be included in the estimates so they aren't padded. Instead, have some room in the overall plan for tasks to slip. Third, measure actual vs. estimates to learn how the team estimates - you'll find that some people consistently over estimate, and some consistently under estimate. Show them and have them adjust course. Finally, make sure that the people estimating understand that no answer is acceptable - it is better to redirect a task than have wide guesses.

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