Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. Project Governance. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

MPUG

MAY 10, 2024

In his 1990 book, “On Becoming a Leader,” Warren Bennis articulated his famous 12 differences between managers and leaders. The last is the best-known: ‘The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.” To paraphrase Bennis, “The project manager focuses on systems and structure; the project leader focuses on people.”

Leadership 59

Leadership 2012 Governance Government 59

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

by Meredith Malinawan, PMP In the fast-evolving landscape of project management, one cannot merely rely on a one-size-fits-all approach. Even as an experienced project manager looking to improve your methodology, it can be challenging to tailor your approach to meet the unique needs of every project. What is Tailoring?

Governance 52

Governance Government Software Review Technical Review 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This time last year I reviewed the trends in social and collaborative technology in the project management space: some of my predictions had come to nothing and it was interesting to look backward and hold myself accountable for what I said would happen. The APM has already made huge inroads to gaining Chartered status for Project Managers.

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2017 2015 Technical Review 2012 150

The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down. P = Project Management Information System.

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PMO Sustainability 2012 Underperforming Technical Team 170

Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Risk avoidance and risk reduction activities – Sure, maybe. This product owner manages the backlog, keeping things up to date with the latest product decisions. Here’s a typical backlog showing a combination of features, change requests, bug fixes and a couple of risk reduction activities.   Risks in the Backlog.

2006 68

2006 2012 Risk Management Risk 68

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Management Processes.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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Susanne Madsen

DECEMBER 27, 2018

I recently spoke at Dubai International Project Management Forum ( DIPMF ) and was struck by the innovative theme of the conference. The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award offers 8 awards with the aim of encouraging and promoting an innovative culture in project management. Perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

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Innovation Logistics Energy 2012 60

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Are you a Project Manager or a Project Leader? One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done. One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done.

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PMI Leadership Governance Government 67

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

One of our clients, a retired USAF Col Program Manager at an NNSA Weapons Testing Site has a statement that is applicable here: If you lack academic basis and validated experience, your advice is simply unsubstantiated opinion without any basis in fact or principle. Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The beginning of all business critical software development projects is the point in time when performing organizations are least certain about the project, yet it is also the time when top management expects to be delivered project estimates that are very precise. 37–48, 2007. GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide," GAO-09-3SP.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. Benefits of Project Management. —1A. Project Management Methodologies. —1B. Project Management Best Practices. —1C.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Also, the employee may be interfacing with other employees, including other project managers, that they never worked with before and might never work with again. In the early years of modern project management, most companies used a matrix management organizational structure for staffing projects.

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2002 2023 Leadership 2007 78

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. Information Technology and Computer Science , 2012, 8, 43–50. 3, August 2012. Using Performance Indices to Evaluate the Estimate at Completion ,” David Christensen, Journal of Cost Analysis and Management , Spring 17–24.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It’ll be worth your time, especially if you are looking to start for the first time as an aspiring project manager. I call newbies, the misguided project managers because there are tons of certifications to choose from. Colin Bentley put up a very interesting question about the dilemma of project management in his book.

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Prince2 Certification 2019 Controlling 68

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

“A Taxonomy of an IT Project Failure: Root Causes,” Walid Al-Ahmad, Et Al, International Management Review, Vol. Proposition 22: The Premortem Technique,” Olivier Serrat, Knowledge Solutions and publication of Asian Development Bank, March 2012/113. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” 29 May 2013. 1/2, 2001, pp.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

As managers, we may only be interested in 80% of the possible value. In our current domain, the primary tool used to develop the needed margins, assess the impacts of risk reduction activities, find blocking steps and a variety of other reducible and irreducible uncertainties is Monet Carlo Simulation. That date was August 14, 1908.

2012 39

2012 Controlling Software Developers Software Development 39

MPUG

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Walter Stinnett’s Requirements Management Panel Discussion, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We are doing requirements management Q&A. Walter serves as a program manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. I’m still a program manager.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 52

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering provides an approach to making the decision about what's in the ConOps and its format based on some Systems Engineering analysis of criteria: Program risks - reducible and irreducible uncertainties that create these risks. IT Risk Management. McComb, Deanna M.

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2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

Uncertainty creates Risk. Risk management requires active reduction of risk. Management of this reduction work and measurement of the progress is a Close Loop Control System paradigm. The creation and management of the Plan is usually performed by the Program Planning and Controls group where I work. .

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Project Management Hacks

JUNE 16, 2016

In fact, Jobvite’s 2012 Social Job Seeker Survey found 69% of Americans they were either “actively seeking” a new job or “open to” a new job. In Ontario, a sharp decline in the number of automotive jobs prompted governments to provide billions of dollars to large car companies to boost the industry.

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Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2017

Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management , Jeffrey Pfeffer and Rober Sutton, Harvard Business School Press, 2006. The Flaw of Averages : Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty , Sam L. Savage, John Wiley & Sons, 2012. Related articles.

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2006 Estimate 2012 2014 37

MPUG

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ben Howard’s session, Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers – Part 2: Deep Dive into Shaping Data using Power Query, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Power BI for Business Users and Project Managers part two. ” Kyle: That looks great.

Software Review 52

Software Review 2012 Manufacturing 2002 52

PM That Works

AUGUST 22, 2020

And for those of you that are Shark Tank nerds like myself, we know the story of books and I can't wait to get into it in 2012 along with co founder, Juan Pablo and I want to say man too far. VoiceAmerica 12:26 Are you aware that 80% of project management executives do not know how their projects align with their company's business strategy?

Leadership 40

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Executing Sustainability 40