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This series has explored the benefits of agile processes and the requirements placed on the organizations that use them. You've learned how organizations adapt to agile development, about the different types of stakeholders, and how to apply user stories. You've walked through a case study and have seen how user stories, discussion, and prioritization can lead to quickly developed beta versions. And you have reviewed how customer incentives, behavior, and the pricing models of a project each have an effect on the current and future success of a development project.
This article explores how to estimate work efforts in agile development. Learn about work effort estimation in general, and why people do it. Then dive into the world of agile estimation and find out what types of estimates are made throughout the development process. This article also touches on a recent theme in discussion forums about the insanity of estimates and how much time it would save not to estimate at all.
Estimating work effort
People try to estimate work effort for three main reasons:
- To know what can be done in a certain time frame
- To calculate how much something is going to cost
- To predict which and how many resources (developers, testers, and so on) are needed to build something
It's logical that businesses about to invest in building software need to be able to plan releases and budget for development costs, so they know what they can afford.
The product owners (the business unit or other group of people who dictate the upcoming features of the product) are interested in work effort estimations to know what features they can get into the next release. The product owners might have a set release date, and they'll want to start marketing campaigns to support the release. Some business units prefer to work the other way, with a set of features but not a fixed release date. They might have a goal, but not a set date, in mind.
If you forget all the processes (such as IBM® RUP® or agile), and think of work effort estimation as just a simplified workflow, it is quite simple:
- Divide the features (or requirements) into reasonably sized blocks that are small enough to be understood.
- Give each block a number that indicates its size compared to other blocks, or that directly represents work hours.
- Compare the blocks with something you've done before, get the work effort of that block size, and replace all the size numbers accordingly.
It's not very complex, but there are several steps where you can choose from many different ways of doing the estimation, and you need to have something to compare by. And, of course, remember that not all developers are the same. Some are gurus with 10 or more years of experience, and others might have only a year of experience in software development. There's a huge difference between the two.
Estimating work effort is not an exact science. The main goal is to use just enough time and energy to get an estimate that's good enough to work with.
Ways to estimate
There are three basic ways to estimate the work effort for developing software:
- Expert opinion
- Based on the idea that an expert will know from
experience, or intuition, what it takes to build something, this method
works much better with nonagile processes. In agile
development, the team members should make the estimate because the
team rarely consists only of experts.
If you need to get an estimate quickly, using an expert is a good method. The expert developer will read the user story, ask a few questions, and give an estimate based on experience. There is proof that this kind of estimation is quite accurate.
- Disaggregation
- With this method, you split a large story into two or more smaller stories that are easier to estimate. For example, if most of the stories are under 10 days, then making an estimate of something that would take 80 days would not be very accurate. Splitting one big story into smaller stories makes it easier to estimate, and also easier to handle.
- Analogy
- This method entails comparing the new user story, or feature, to something you've already estimated. If the story is twice the size, then the estimate should be twice as big. Another option is to compare the story to something you've already built. The purpose is not to compare all stories against one estimated story, but rather to compare it to a set of estimated (or implemented) stories.
Effort estimation in an agile way
This section touches on concepts and methods of agile estimation, including the effort-accuracy relationship, planning poker, velocity, and ideal days.
Effort-accuracy relationship
It's important to understand that, because effort estimation is not an exact science, there's a certain effort-accuracy relationship (some call it a "curve") that indicates when it is not worth doing more work because the accuracy will not improve.
Assume you have to estimate the work effort of four user stories. Consider the difference between a wild guess made without effort and an accuracy that can be somewhere between a bull's eye and a complete miss, as opposed to a short meeting with the team. The meeting would improve the accuracy of the estimates a lot, though the estimates would still not be the best they could be. Ask yourself how accurate the estimates have to be. Then compare the short meeting with the team to a half-day workshop with the team. The half-day workshop would improve the accuracy again. Compare the half-day workshop to a two-day workshop. The accuracy gained from the two-day workshop might be better, but at what time cost? It's important to know where to draw the line in the effort-accuracy relationship.
Planning poker
In planning poker, the whole team gathers to estimate the work efforts of (typically) a new sprint. Everyone involved in the development should be there: developers, testers, database designers, and so on. It's good to keep the size of the poker team under 10 people. If your team is larger, consider splitting the team into two groups. The product owner must also participate in poker but shouldn't do estimates if he or she is not also building the software.
Sometimes planning poker can also help determine the size of product backlog items or features. In this case, the estimates are looser. The purpose is to offer information that helps the product owner prioritize the product backlog.
To help ensure that your planning poker efforts are efficient and successful, you can try to:
- Bring something good to eat, such as cookies. Sugar gives energy, the goodies make the team members feel good, and planning poker becomes a much-anticipated meeting.
- Not allow developers to have laptops at the meeting. Instead, read the user stories or feature descriptions from a single computer or big screen. The laptops tend to distract the developers; they'll always find something else interesting to browse or tinker with.
Before the poker begins, all team members are given a deck of cards. The cards could contain numbers like 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16; some people prefer to use t-shirt sizes like XS, S, M, L, and XL. The cards should be prepared beforehand, and the numbers, letters, or t-shirt sizes should be big enough to see from across the table.
To start planning poker, either the product owner or another moderator reads the description of the user story. Any team member can ask questions about the user story. After the questions are answered, each team member selects a card that represents the size of the user story. Then everyone turns the cards at the same time. It is common for the estimates to differ quite a bit.
The lowest and highest estimators explain how they came to their estimates. They might have thought about the feature a bit differently than other team members, and they might have come up with challenges that others haven't thought about. After the explanations, the team can discuss whether the low or high estimates bring in new information or if they just weren't that accurate. The low and high estimates are not considered wrong, nor are the estimators to be considered poor estimators. This is an important point, because otherwise the whole estimation meeting won't be viewed as open, and team members will start to avoid the meeting. The low and high estimations are just different opinions that might reveal new angles to an issue.
Size and velocity
The numbers used in planning poker can, of course, be hours or days, but they can also simply be numbers that represent sizes. The numbers are called story points. A user story that has two story points might take, for example, one day to implement for a certain team.
If the team implemented 20 story points during the last iteration, they will probably implement around 20 story points in the next iteration. The team's velocity is 20 story points per iteration. Of course, if the length of the iteration is longer, the velocity is bigger. Over time the team's velocity should improve as they learn new techniques and as they become a tighter unit.
Ideal days
If you ask a developer how long it will take to implement a feature, the developer might say "five days." The developer may have actually meant, "Five days if this is the only thing I will do, but since I'll also have to do tons of other things it will probably take 10 days." The five days is called an ideal days estimate. It is important not to mix up ideal days and reality. Some teams use ideal days to estimate user stories, and then they convert the ideal days to real time with a certain factor. This factor can be determined by experience and practice.
Or, don't estimate at all
There's an alternative theory to not do the effort estimation at all. The rationale for this theory is that, since the estimation is at best only partly right, why use time and energy to do it at all? Why not use that time to develop working software? Yes, there are situations and clients where you just have to estimate work effort. But there are also situations, businesses, and applications for which that time could be used developing new software.
The trick, or guideline, to not estimating at all is to make the iterations shorter and the features smaller, then just pick the features for the next iteration that the team thinks it can deliver. This mode of thinking works well with pull-based software development and lean development.
In this column we explored how to estimate work effort in agile processes. You learned about three basic ways to estimate, as well as how to do planning poker, and the effort-accuracy relationship. The numbers used in the estimation process are not one-size-fits-all. We also explored the idea of not estimating work effort at all. In some cases, the time used for estimations could be used instead to develop new features.
- Check out the other parts of this series on adopting agile development:
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- Part 2, "Understanding the different facets" (developerWorks, Apr 2008)
- Part 3, "The role of agile stakeholders" (developerWorks, May 2008)
- Part 4, "Using user stories to define project requirements" (developerWorks, Jun 2008)
- Part 5, "Applying user stories in a Web-based financial planning tool" (developerWorks, Jul 2008)
- Part 6, "The buyer's viewpoint" (developerWorks, Sep 2008)
- Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series), by Mike Cohn, has details about agile estimation and planning poker.
- Read Wikipedia's discussion of user stories.
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- "User Story Estimation Techniques " (InfoQ, Version 1.4) discusses effective user story estimation techniques.
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Sort of cyberpunk, sort of fantasy, woven throughout with Muslim folklore and culture. The protagonist has a lot of growth over the course of the story. The supporting characters are complex and vivid.
Nutshell blurb: Alif is a computer geek who is given a mystical book that takes him in between two worlds. He has to fight forces seen and unseen as he tries to get his life back and get the girl.
Overall, I loved this book. I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. It was enchanting and well worth blowing off studying for.
There were a few things I didn't like so I'll start with those.
"These are not the banu adam you're looking for," he said.
I'm totally ok with references to other works (as long as they're nice) and I feel that it's ok to give djinn the power to perform Jedi mind tricks. However, I feel that if one is going to do that, one should do it with a hint of irony and at least reference the source. When I read that line, I acknowledged that it was there and read on to see if the characters would. One of them giggled, but it was unclear if it was at the Star Wars reference or the silliness of the situation.
This is a small thing, but I am always very aware of the authorial voice as it has the power to rip me out of my immersion. If I think for a moment that the author is taking him/herself too seriously, it jars me right out of the story.
Consider this excerpt:
"...I mean, look at all the eastern writers who've written great western literature. Kazuo Ishiguro. You'd never guess that The Remains of the Day or Never Let Me Go were written by a Japanese guy. But I can't think of anyone who's ever done the reverse - any westerner who's written great eastern literature. Well, maybe if we count Lawrence Durrell - does the Alexandria Quartet qualify as eastern literature?"
"There's a very simple test," said Vikram. "Is it about bored, tired people having sex?"
"Yes," said the convert, surprised.
"Then it's western."
This little conversation made me stop reading the book in order to sort out my feelings here. The characters in this exchange are basically saying that people aren't meant to be adaptable and shift from one culture to another, but that people from the east do it better than people from the west. I read in the front that Ms. Wilson is a westerner, from New Jersey, but she's writing a book that takes place in the Middle East.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but what is she saying about her own work? Is she being incredibly humble and self-deprecating and including her work into the category of not being adaptable and well-written or is her ego soaring into the heights and she's trying to let us know that she's the one western writer who has accomplished what others haven't? Perhaps this is something that my mind fixated on and that I've made something out of nothing. The point is: I stopped reading the book to think about it.
So, on to the things I loved about it.
I've mentioned in previous posts that it's a tricky thing when an author writes a main character who is the opposite sex. It's very noticeable when it's wrong, not to mention extremely offensive. There are a few writers whom I have in my sights because of their shocking portrayal of women. I've read a few horrible portrayals of men at the hands of female authors as well, so ladies, you aren't exempt.
In this book, I felt like the author was spot on with the main character, Alif. The mistake that women seem to make when writing men is that they idealise them; they make them either flawless or horribly evil and there doesn't seem to be much in between. Alif is definitely flawed and not always brave, but he's loyal and determined to fix his mistakes. I found him to be quite likeable and sympathetic.
My inherent femaleness prevents me from being the best judge of whether or not he's an authentic character. But I liked him, so that's good enough for me.
The female characters were interesting as well. My knowledge of Middle Eastern women is pretty much non-existent so I have to believe that Ms. Wilson has done her research in this department. I know that we westerners tend to have a view of Middle Eastern women as being meek, submissive and without voices. That they are forced to cover themselves in veils by domineering men. Living in a multi-cultural city with a huge Middle Eastern population, I'm learning that a lot of what I thought about people from that part of the world is wrong. It was nice to see strong women who weren't being pushed around by men, but who were culturally different from me. I always seem read about the bad parts of Middle Eastern culture, but rarely have I seen anything that celebrates it.
One thing that I didn't like was that there is a character in the book, known as 'the convert' and that is how she is referred to throughout the book. I was a bit annoyed that she was never given a name. It wouldn't have been bad if she had been a throw away character that had a small part, but she was in a large part of the book and played a pivotal role.
I like that this book made me think about so many different things. I had actually read a review about it on someone else's blog and she didn't like it. I almost took it back to the library (twice) because of the things she said about it. I'm really glad that I didn't and that I decided to read it because it was different from anything else I've ever read.
LOVED it!! A totally serendipitous find from browsing the library shelf
I bought this soon after it came out, but didn't get around to reading it until now. I really enjoyed it; a witty sexy Islamic virtual reality novel with djinn in, set in an unnamed Gulf princedom this year or next, with a flavour of the diversity and depth of the local culture - Arabic with many other infuences too. It was good to come to it so soon after reading the Arabian Nights and also at a time when I've been seeing (but not reading properly) a number of comment pieces about how and why the Arab Spring failed. I found it interesting that Wilson inserts herself (or someone very like her) into the book as a significant character; difficult to get away with, but I felt that it worked as a way of getting us to think about how we engage with the story ourselves. I see that it won the World Fantasy Award, which I should perhaps start tracking a bit more closely.
Cyber-punk meets the Arabian Nights. Triumphant nerds and a solid dose of techno-optimism. A bit too anime trite with the characters and the politics. Computing as magic merger is nicely done but at its core the sentiment is a bit of a naive yawn. We have a lovelorn, super programmer who seems able with a good nights hard coding to come up with something almost AI-like by using metaphoric coding and some genie genius.
Alif's world unravels around him, and in doing so, provides the setting for a coming-of-age story. With a standard Arab despot with all the usual state security apparatus and an Arab Spring with genies, you have politics that look concocted by the editorial desk of the New York Times. Minus the chopping off of heads or any of the real violence that accompanies these affairs. The love story/stories feel one dimensional. I just don't get what any of the female characters see in the naive and hapless Alif. Oh well, love is blind.
Alif the Unseen was a fun read, albeit thin on ideas and shallow in its politics. Reminded me of Cory Doctorow's books.
...as with the work of many of the best young writers today, it is both a book written with a love of the fantastic in all its genres and a serious work of fiction.
For all its playfulness, "Alif the Unseen" is also at times unexpectedly moving, especially as it detours into questions of faith.... For those who view American fiction as provincial, or dominated by competent but safe work, Wilson's novel offers a resounding, heterodox alternative.
It's difficult to convey how outrageously enjoyable "Alif the Unseen" is without dropping names — the energetic plotting of Philip Pullman, the nimble imagery of Neil Gaiman and the intellectual ambition of Neal Stephenson are three comparisons that come to mind. Yet I'd hate to give the impression that the novel lacks freshness or originality.
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In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif—the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the State's electronic security force, putting his clients and his own neck on the line. Then it turns out his lover's new fiancé is the head of State security, and his henchmen come after Alif, driving him underground. When Alif discovers The Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, which both he and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information technology, the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life or death, aided by forces seen and unseen. With shades of Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, and The Thousand and One Nights, Alif the Unseen is a tour de force debut—a sophisticated melting pot of ideas, philosophy, religion, technology and spirituality smuggled inside an irresistible page-turner.
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In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients, dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups, from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the State's electronic security force, putting his clients and his own neck on the line. Then it turns out his lover's new fiance�e is the head of State security, and his henchmen come after Alif, driving him underground. When Alif discovers The Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, which both he and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information technology, the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life or death, aided by forces seen and unseen.… (more)
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I was contacted by a man called Anthony Dumbar on 08/9/2014. He not only sent me emails but he also called my phone and sent me text messages. He acted as if he was pursuing me for a personal assistant job. As others were told, I too was given the story of the company moving from Canada to Cols,Oh, needing to purchase office furnature and even meet with a realator. I was recieved a check by UPS and anthony called me with crazy instructions. He wanted me to deposit the check into my account and send him the bank reciept. That's where I knew this was totally off! When I told him I couldn't do that he no longer answered the phone. He did not even respond to the email I sent stating I was calling BBB and tearing up his check. I wonder what he thought was gonna happen?
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Well soon I started receiving bills for credit cards she had got in my name, and I was getting letters in the mail all the time with her first name and my last name, and when I questioned her she denied it/ Now I can't get ahold of her and her number changed. My credit score has went down and there is nothing I can do the police will do nothing.
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The answer is "probably," but prevention via diplomacy is still the best course.
Nuclear arms control is back in the news.
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Westgate Resorts Smokey Mountain Lied to me from begining Gatlinburg Tennessee
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I told them that was not what I was told I was buying, they moved me into the room I thought was mine and told me I would have to upgrade if I wanted it because the salesman (who was no longer there) had not given me that. I stupidly agreed. For the next 2 years I would call my sales agent and she booked me personally into my unit so as to help me make sure they didn't make any mistakes.
I found out last year, she had left and when I booked for my room was again told she had sold me a smaller room and not the room I had been staying in as told. I was furious over the lying and manipulating. I had trusted her because reading those contracts are so confusing and they hurry you through it so fast. I am now looking at a lawyer to see if I can do anything about all the lies, there are many more but not enough room to write them all. I have always believed in paying for my mistakes to bad now I no longer TRUST anyone.
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I am sorry to tell you that when money is involved, you really cannot trust anybody.
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If the contract is confusing, study it until you understand it or ask them to write a contract that you do understand. Verbal explanations and promises mean nothing- as you know now.
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Simple MobileInternet United States of America
Simple Mobile T-mobile bad svc. no refunds Internet
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However, the truth turned out to be nothing more than fiction as today I called technical support to ensure all of the settings were correct as my Internet speeds were less than 2G. This was when their tech person informed me of the following;
A phone that was on the AT&T network will never get better than 2G speeds on the T-Mobile / Simple network, and will most likely stay below 2G. But if I wanted better speeds all I need do is buy a new, T-mobile phone!
If I ever used the Hotspot capability of the Samsung phone, they would immediately turn my service off.
Even though I was sold a 4G package, they would not give a refund after stepping the service down to 3G or less even though the service had been on less than 20 hours.
The biggest lie I was told by their customer service people is that 4G service was available in my area. The closest 4G service area Simple Mobile or T-Mobile is 43 miles to my north in Pueblo, CO.
They also informed me that they would not abide be federal laws as to the 72 hour buyers remorse laws under the Colorado Consumers Protection Act, which a written complaint has been filed.
In summery, Simple Mobile which is a division of T-Mobile is a rip-off and should be avoided as should the parent company at all cost. Their employees as well as their website will tell you anything to get your money and once they have it, you will like me learn the truth about whom and what they truly are. Nothing more than a scam put forth by a corporation that portrays themselves as an honest company that has the customers best interest at heart. This, like everything else I experienced is nothing more than a lie rapped in a Rip-Off that should be avoided.
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I use firefox 1.5.x.x under Solaris 9 on US2 with current apache, php, perl, and mysql.
WP loaded perfectly and seems to run well - with the exception of a problem handling embedded hrefs with single quotes (it replicates them). That's easy to work around, what isn't is the total disappearance of the html entry screen.
I clicked the "rich visual editor" option to see what that amounted to. Nice, but unclicking doesn't bring back the html entry screen. And nothing else - possibly short of using sql to change the options read from the database - seems to either.
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Vintage Ray-Ban B&L Italy Sunglasses Faux Tortoiseshell Frame & Scrollwork Arms
This is a spectacular pair of vintage Ray-Ban sunglasses with a touch of unexpected flair!
While the lenses are framed in classic style C Round faux-tortoiseshell, each arm features a beautiful and feminine hand-etched pattern of scrollwork and flowers.
We've never found a pair of shades quite like these babies, but we can say they are over-the-top chic.
All of the top designers are coming out with their own take on vintage tortoiseshell sunglasses, but you can stay ahead of the curve with these originals.
The ear pieces are capped at the end with the original taupe colored celluloid. This makes the sunglasses especially comfortable to wear.
There are several marks on the interior of each arm.
The marks on the inside of the left arm are printed in bright white and reads "50-20 Italy 140 Caramel" while the inside of the right arm shows a mark that reads "Bausch & Lomb", though it is rather worn.
You will also find marks on the lenses. Each lens features the "BL" (for Bausch & Lomb) logo near the edge while the right lens exhibits the classic white "Ray-Ban" logo printed in the upper corner.
The sunglasses come in their original pebble leather case which features the "Ray-Ban" logo in bright gold on the exterior. The logo and case show a bit of wear but are in great shape overall.
As you can see, the sunglasses show a bit of expected wear and a few light surface scratches on the lenses. Otherwise, they remain in very good vintage condition.
These beauties are so versatile; they'll work with every outfit from office casual to boho-chic. We know you'll love them as much as we do!
Measurements: Frames are 5 1/8" wide and 2" high, Arms are 5" long and 3mm wide at temple, Lenses are 2" wide and 1 13/16" tall, Nose bridge is 5/8" wide, 33.9 grams Case is 5 7/8" long, 2 3/4" tall and 1 1/4" deep, 48.9 grams Total weight: 82.8 grams (2.92 oz)
Thank you for shopping with us!
Gender: Female, Age Group: Adult, Color: Tortoiseshell, Size: One-Size-Fits-All
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Easterbelle's Emporium
Easterbelle's Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ
Carefully Curated Extra Special Jewelry, Accessories, Collectibles. A Few of Your Favorite Things!
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Virginia Birth Injury Fund (BIF) FAQs
How did the BIF get started?
In the mid-1980's Virginia experienced a malpractice crisis during which medical malpractice insurance rates soared and insurance companies were faced with eliminating coverage to obstetricians. Up to one-quarter of Virginia's obstetricians confronted the possibility of having to close their offices.
To address this situation, in 1987 the General Assembly worked with physicians, associations, insurers, lawyers and others to develop a solution that would ensure access to obstetric care for Virginians – the Virginia Birth- Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program, the first of its kind nationwide.
The program was designed as a no-fault system to ensure lifetime care to eligible participants and stabilize the malpractice environment in Virginia, both of which it has accomplished.
Who runs the program?
The Birth Injury Fund is governed by a seven-member board of directors, who will expand to nine members on July 1, 2008. The Governor of Virginia appoints all board members. The Web site for the fund is
What does the program provide?
The program covers medically-necessary expenses beyond what private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid will cover for approved participants in the fund who have suffered specific birth injuries during the labor and delivery process. Covered expenses include: medical expenses, hospital expenses, in-home care, rehabilitation services and therapies, compensation for lost earnings (ages 18 to 65), special equipment or facilities, home modifications, medically necessary travel and more.
What are the eligibility requirements and who decides if a child can enter the program?
Admission into the program is determined solely by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission based on criteria outlined in state law. Requirements to participate in the program include:
The child must be delivered by a participating provider or at a participating hospital.
The Code of Virginia defines a qualifying birth injury as: 'Birth-related neurological injury' means injury to the brain or spinal cord of an infant caused by the deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury occurring in the course of labor, delivery or resuscitation necessitated by a deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury that occurred in the course of labor or delivery, in a hospital which renders the infant permanently motorically disabled and (i) developmentally disabled or (ii) for infants sufficiently developed to be cognitively evaluated, cognitively disabled."
How is the program funded?
There are two primary funding sources and one contingent source. Prior to July 1, 2008, physicians who deliver babies and participate in the Fund pay a fee of $5,300. Hospitals that elect to participate in the Fund pay $50.00 per live birth. (Hospitals with large volumes of deliveries have a cap that limits payments to $190,000 annually.) After July 1, 2008, both sets of fees will increase by $100 and $10,000 respectively. Fees for participating physicians will incrementally rise to $6,200 by 2012. Based on prior legislation, all other physicians who hold a license to practice medicine in Virginia currently pay an annual fee of $290.00, which will increase on July 1, 2008 to $300.00.
The Bureau of Insurance at the State Corporation Commission conducts an annual actuarial analysis of the Fund. If the actuaries determine the fund is not actuarially sound, then the contingent funding mechanism is triggered. Contingent funding is provided by all property and casualty insurance carriers who write policies in Virginia (home, auto, professional liability etc). These carriers pay one-quarter of one percent of all premiums written in Virginia into the Fund and recover such amounts from those who purchase the insurance. In recent years, the fund has been determined to be actuarially unsound and, as such, the contingent funding mechanism has been providing approximately 57 percent of the total monies to the Fund annually.
Why do some physicians pay more than others?
Physicians who deliver babies pay more to participate in BIF under the premise that they benefit the most from the liability protections of the program. Absent gross negligence, a physician who participates in BIF cannot be sued for a birth injury.
Would the elimination of BIF put the medical malpractice cap at risk?
Yes. If the BIF were to cease or stop accepting claimants, a constitutional challenge to the cap could be more difficult to defend. The main challenge to the cap on Constitutional grounds is that the cap violates the equal protection or due process clauses. In the past, when the constitutionality of the cap has been challenged, the Virginia Supreme Court has referred to the BIF as an example of how the legislature acted reasonably in response to an issue effecting health, welfare or safety, thereby protecting citizen's rights to equal protection or due process. Without the BIF, severe cases will be thrust back into the tort system, making it harder to prove that equal protection or due process has been preserved by action of the General Assembly.
Also of note, a 2002 study conducted by the General Assembly's Joint Legislative and Review Commission (JLARC) notes: "In addition to serving more birth-injured children than the tort system, the program provides benefits that exceed the medical malpractice cap for the typical child."
How does the BIF affect malpractice premiums statewide?
The answer varies among professional liability insurance carriers. By statute, all carriers must provide a credit to providers who participate in BIF, the amount of which is not specified. Premium credits are often lumped together with credits for no prior claims, years of practice and completion of risk management programs. Recent surveys have determined that some physicians receive dollar for dollar credits for participating in BIF, while other carriers provide credits less than the amount paid by physicians to BIF.
Does participation in the program replace malpractice insurance?
No. Participation in the program does not replace your malpractice insurance.
How many obstetricians participate in the BIF?
A growing number of obstetricians in Virginia participate in BIF. Current estimates indicate that approximately 75 percent participate in the program.
What happens if I am an obstetrician who does not participate in BIF and I deliver a child with a birth injury?
An obstetrician who is not a participant in BIF would be subject to being sued in court for medical malpractice in this instance.
What happens if the delivering hospital participates in BIF and the delivering obstetrician does not?
The plaintiff may make an election of remedies, meaning the plaintiff can elect to file a lawsuit against the obstetrician or pursue a BIF claim given the participation of the hospital, but may not pursue both. The recommended course is for both the hospital and the obstetrician to participate in BIF in order to minimize the risk of lawsuits.
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The Green Meadow robotics team, The PolyGnomes, traveled to the FTC World Championships from April 21-26 and left tied for 5th place, out of 4500 teams. We are so proud of their accomplishments, and grateful to their coaches, math teachers James Madsen and Lisa Krogh!
Here they are, practicing at the tournament:
Luis Fernando Llosa, Sports Illustrated investigator and writer & co-author of Beyond Winning: Smart Parenting in a Toxic Sports Environment, spoke at Green Meadow on March 7. Watch an excerpt of his talk at Green Meadow here. Read his recent piece in The Huffington Post.
This recent article from The Boston Globe reminds us that part of the responsibility of schools is to help young people develop non-academic skills.
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Petco st George, ut745 w. telegraph st. St george, Utah United States of America
Petco st George, ut Every bag of pet food is infested St george, Utah
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