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Funding, lifecycle resources, and fiscal role discipline
Estimate workload, review time and retries before planning resources.
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Funding, lifecycle resources, and fiscal role discipline
Estimate workload, review time and retries before planning resources.
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0:00 · What you will learn
Estimate workload, review time and retries before planning resources.
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Estimate workload, review time and retries before planning resources.
0:07 · The idea
Count the full workflow, not only account access. State volume and retry assumptions. An estimate describes possible demand; it does not authorize spending.
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Count the full workflow, not only account access. State volume and retry assumptions. An estimate describes possible demand; it does not authorize spending.
0:22 · One useful term
Lifecycle demand. Resources needed across use, review, operation and recovery.
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Resources needed across use, review, operation and recovery.
0:31 · A worked example
Six hundred drafts use three calls each: 1,800 calls. Four minutes of review per draft is 40 hours. Adding 20 percent more calls for retries gives 2,160 calls.
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Six hundred drafts use three calls each: 1,800 calls. Four minutes of review per draft is 40 hours. Adding 20 percent more calls for retries gives 2,160 calls.
0:48 · Your turn to think
Does an access subscription cover all the work in this estimate? Pause and decide before continuing.
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Does an access subscription cover all the work in this estimate? Pause the video if you need more time.
1:06 · Why this answer works
No. Review labor and other operating needs remain. Doubling volume doubles the stated quantities only under the same assumptions.
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No. Review labor and other operating needs remain. Doubling volume doubles the stated quantities only under the same assumptions.
1:17 · Check 1
Show units and assumptions.
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Show units and assumptions.
1:22 · Check 2
Include review labor and retry work.
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Include review labor and retry work.
1:28 · Check 3
Keep estimates separate from spending approval.
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Keep estimates separate from spending approval.
1:33 · Now try a different case
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