I have a new project and a new team, and I’m asked to create a financial estimate for a data technology project. How do I come up with a reasonable forecast?

While conducting a workshop, a colleague asked how I would go about creating a reliable financial estimate for a net new IT data platform project, while establishing a new team.  It’s a great question given many organizations have a wide variance in estimation, with cause a lot of frustration from stakeholders. This case is a bit …