Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. This domain has turned into the S oftware Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) paradigm that dominates software development activities today. Related articles. What's the Smell of Dysfunction?

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

The project manager is responsible for coordinating the work of the team, monitoring progress, and making any necessary adjustments to ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget. Constraints typically relate to schedule, resources, budget, and scope. government began using it to manage complex defense projects.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Whether you are to enhance your project outcomes, streamline operations, or drive technological change, this article will provide you with the blueprint for success. Improved Resource Management - Digital tools allow for more precise tracking and allocation of resources, ensuring that projects are completed within budget and on time.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g.,

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Recommended Articles. TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Introduction.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This article will discuss how Disney can use the Scaled Agile Framework® to address the challenges a large organization will face when implementing it in its software development process. In addition, Roy, Disney’s brother, served as Business Owner, overseeing cost governance and ROI over the project as Product Manager.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 18, 2022

This blog is part of an article that was originally published at www.bain.com/insights/agile-innovation. Agile software development is often inhibited by a company’s legacy architecture, because the new software can’t easily plug into the rest of the system. Rigby, Steve Berez, Greg Caimi and Andrew Noble.

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Meeting project deadlines in time, budget, and scope. . Developing a similar vision of what’s needed to stay on track. This article focuses on introducing the most common project management methodologies that exist and eventually helping you choose the winning approach every time. Bringing together teams and clients.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 15, 2016

Here's the IT budget for the Federal Government. Related articles. This is larger than all the IT systems found everywhere else in the world, plus all their custom built IT stuff. This is not the embedded systems. These are business systems. Estimating and Making Decisions in Presence of Uncertainty.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

This article explains all you need to know about project charters: what they are and why you need them, essential elements every charter must contain, and different project charter templates to bring your project planning together. This is useful for projects of all types and sizes, whether simple or complex.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

So how do you choose the best project management software for your team? In this article I lay down the processes that you need to follow for selecting the right project management software for your business. This is not a product review article, but a guide on how to choose the right software for your needs.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Oracle is a software company with its own ERP solution and offers Oracle Netsuite as an ERP service as well. Budgeting for them is like throwing money around in the dark, and the decision-making process doesn’t end there. At the end of the article, we also list all applicable product categories related to an ERP.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you want to learn more about ERP capabilities, you can see Oracle Netsuite’s feature list as well as Oracle’s article background ERP software. Oracle is a software company with its own ERP solution and offers Oracle Netsuite as an ERP service as well. What is Your Budget? What is Your Budget?

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Examples of project management methodologies (some of which we’ll take a closer look at later in this article) include Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean, PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). An example of the Agile project management methodology.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This article aims to provide clarity on the key attributes and applications of Agile and Traditional Project Management methods using simple examples. In this article, we will refer to Agile approach as a generic term, as we are not discussing a specific approach such as Scrum or Extreme Programming (XP).

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Earlier, we had only three sections in the blog, and now we’ve decided to divide our articles into the following five main topics: Project management section covers all the topics that are relevant for project managers – from project initiation to its completion. . Budget Distribution: Divide the Work Between Resources .

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This article explores how you can identify stakeholders within your project. For example, government organizations or bodies that set standards related to your project. . For example, the lead engineer in your software development project or the top salesperson bringing in clients and cash hand-over-fist. Supporters.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

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Workzone

JANUARY 5, 2021

If your company already uses Office 365 then it MS Project should fit right in with the rest of your software. For other Microsoft Project alternatives, check out this article. Another nifty feature is the integrated time and budget tracking, making it easy to keep on budget. Pricing: $82.10/user/month. user/month.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Key Takeaways Executing a Project : The execution phase is critical in project management for transforming plans into tangible deliverables, efficiently utilizing project resources, ensuring customer/client satisfaction on time, within budget and scope, and meeting quality expectations. Assuring the quality of deliverables.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

How Workflow Software Works Workflow software works by creating a digital representation of your business processes. It allows you to define the steps, dependencies, and conditions that govern the flow of work. Imagine a software development team working on a complex project with multiple modules.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Lead Course Developer for Edwards Performance Solutions, as such he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. We have to go to something that allows for better adaptation.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

By the end of this article, you will have a deep understanding of KPI Dashboards and be equipped to leverage your business data for optimal performance and growth. This enables them to prioritize projects, allocate budgets effectively, and make strategic investments that drive long-term success. What is a KPI Dashboard?

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

“#Noestimates is a hashtag for the topic of exploring alternatives to estimates for making decisions in software development. The domains of software development operate in the presence of uncertainty. Question the governance of the business? Governance is about decision rights ( [link] ). Related articles.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Or ANY software project for that matter. Projected revenue for GE aircraft engine sales in 2017 was an article in this week's Aviation Week & Space Technology. .

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Microeconomics .

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

When we hear a suggestion about a process that inverts the logic of normal business activities based on a governance framework - say Microeconomics of Software Development, we need to ask who benefits? It is likely those paying us have some sort of governance process in place for managing the spend of that money.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. Well, because according to PMI, the Project Management Institute, 45% of projects experience scope expansion, 32% failed on their budgeting, and 16% were deemed complete failures. And then I came back and started using it in larger government programs.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2017

Governance principles provide guidance to institutionalize a process, including its continued assessment and evolution over time in support of the tangible system benefits. Related articles. Who's Budget is it Anyway? Two Books in the Spectrum of Software Development. The Dysfunctional Approach to Using "5 Whys".

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This is a recurring theme of #NoEstimates it's a waste to me the developer, I'd rather be coding , I'm not good at estimating , I see no value in my making estimating when you're just going to use them against me when I'm late and over budget. This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 14, 2016

the continued paradigm of deadline-driven development is killing the benefits that Agile Software Development can bring. But the conjecture that Executives of software product and service companies always want stuff delivered faster, cheaper and better. Related articles. Agile Software Development in the DOD.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

I work in the Software Intensive System of Systems domains in Aerospace, Defense, Enterprise IT (both commercial and government) applying Agile, Earned Value Management, Productive Statistical Estimating (both parametric and Monte Carlo), Risk Management, and Root Cause Analysis with a variety of capabilities. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Or ANY software project for that matter. Showing up late, over budget, and with missing Capabilities is not what the customer paid for. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 2, 2017

which states clearly and concisely that decisions can be made (in the presence of uncertainty - which is ALWAYS present on software development projects - without estimating the impact of those decisions. So let's look at this manifesto : Probabilistic over Deterministic - there is no deterministic process in software development.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 13, 2017

When you hear I have data that shows the uncertainty doesn't reduce , then that project is out of control and will be late, over budget, and likely not perform to the needed effectiveness and performance parameters. Related articles. Economics of Software Development. Herding Cats: Economics of Software Development.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

road building, power plant building, and most of all on Agile Software Development projects. If you have no deadline, no not to exceed budgets, no mandatory capabilities to meet the mission need, no defined benfist from the project, then none of this is useful. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

The Orange dots are the actual weights from a variety of sources - a Design Model (3D Catia CAD system), a detailed design model, a bench scale model that can be measured, a non-flying prototype, and then the 1st Flight Article). Related articles. Economics of Software Development. Complex, Complexity, Complicated.

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