I'm working for a small company and I'd like to know how other companies are handling estimating and PM.
Currently we have three people in the office (not including admin and accounting) with varying levels of experience in Estimating and Project Management. I see where our estimating suffers when we land a job and have to start performing as a PM. I see us catching our tail too often and not keeping up with estimates.
Is it better to have a person or people designated as a full-time estimator and then hand it off to a PM after there's a project? Then let the PM estimate the CO's.
I believe it would be better to have a full-time estimator and separate PM's. I'm curious to hear others opinions.
Currently we have three people in the office (not including admin and accounting) with varying levels of experience in Estimating and Project Management. I see where our estimating suffers when we land a job and have to start performing as a PM. I see us catching our tail too often and not keeping up with estimates.
Is it better to have a person or people designated as a full-time estimator and then hand it off to a PM after there's a project? Then let the PM estimate the CO's.
I believe it would be better to have a full-time estimator and separate PM's. I'm curious to hear others opinions.