The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. These styles aim to ensure enhanced team cohesion and commitment towards achieving project success in prolonged project cycles.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. Even if known, these risks are much less controllable. This is also an external risk that can hardly be controlled.

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Risk Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 172

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. Control risks Develop prevention and reaction strategies for known and potential risks. What is a SWOT analysis?

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Development Team Review 100

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2023

ProjectManager has dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word that IT managers need when working on web development, software development, mobile app development, network configuration and so much more. Remember, you’re not only creating a budget but a cost control mechanism.

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Technical Review Software Review Risk Management Risk 300

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This, of course, is a violation of the principles of Managerial Finance and Microeconomics of software development in the presence of uncertainty and scarce resources. Software Project Cost Estimation . There are numerous horror stories about software development cost and schedule overruns. It bad management ?

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Software Developers Software Development Software Finance 60

NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

These factors include the skills (and upskill) requirements on individuals, changing and dynamic roles and responsibilities among team members, levels of autonomy, control and empowerment available to individuals and teams. Agile is different in the sense that responsibilities tend to overlap between team members.

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Agile Influencer Leadership Governance 119

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Take control of your projects and programs today and start seeing the benefits of strategic project management. A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. What is a Project Management Office?

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, about which software to buy, which Features in the development backlog should be implemented next, what prices to charge for products and services. Software development is an exercise in microeconomics, since it deals with limited resources - time, cost, and what value is produced in exchange for the time and money.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Software Engineering 40

Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This is especially important in software development projects, where terms such as deployment , release , go-live , and implementation get used interchangeably, causing endless confusion and misalignment. Consider your risks and put controls in place Step 6. Project control. Project deliverables. Risk approach.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Software Developers 88

Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

The Definition of Done in Scrum serves a higher purpose than merely checking off tasks as in quality control. It comprises of everything necessary to ship the Product Increment to our customers, including but not limited to engineering standards, governance, and legal requirements. Scrum’s Nature: It Is a Tool — Conclusion.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Engineering 190

MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

RUP was developed by Rational Corporation which was later acquired by IBM. It is an iterative software development approach which divides the project lifecycle into four phases: Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition. I had to learn about RUP because our company had adopted it to implement and manage projects.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Third, how are we reproducing working tests in software? Additionally, we need to consider how we organize teams in the presence of dependencies, how we orchestrate and govern those dependencies, and what we measure and control around the team. How are we orchestrating and governing those dependencies?

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Agile Software Review Certification Technical Review 118

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This definition ensures transparency and quality control as features pass the development process. It may include coding, testing (unit, integration, system), documentation, design approvals, and any other conditions the team deems necessary in a software development project.

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Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 2024 52

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. Process control, emergency shutdown, flight avionics, and other embedded real-time systems, including transaction processing business systems. Matlab is one example.

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Software Developers Software Development Engineering Software 39

Planio

MAY 8, 2023

Monitoring and controlling 5. IT projects still require planning, control, teamwork, and leadership — and for that, organizations use IT project management frameworks to maximize their success. ⚔️ Same situation: They’ll lead experts such as Software Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, or Infrastructure Managers.

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Infrastructure 78

MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

These include : Definition Planning Execution Control Closure Defining the Project In this stage, the role of a project manager is to define what the project is and what the users hope to achieve by undertaking the project. government began using it to manage complex defense projects. Now the work of the project begins.

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Certification PMI Logistics Construction 52

Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Teams that have the right degree of peer-pressure to keep each other accountable are less likely to suffer from collective under performance, and to fall back to top-down control later. In other words, for most people in Japan, software development was and remained an exercise in box checking.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 134

Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Planning & control is out; experiment is in. Aims to speed up software development. Model is suitable for software development, non-routine activities and requires a streamlined IT architecture. Are organizations in which volunteers develop a resource for the whole world to use. The Spotify model.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 82

Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

The budget and scope remain on track, but there are risks to the project’s software development resources following a resignation. Recommendation: The project remains well-controlled and will continue to report any issues as they arise to the monthly project Steering Committee, chaired by Mark Wilson (Chief Technology Officer).

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Executing Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 88

Leading Agile

MAY 19, 2021

The latest report on software development from the organization’s consultant, a Big 4 Firm, concluded that his organization needed more separation of duties. At a high level in my non-lawyer basic premise, Separation of Duties controls are to ensure changing the software is done with intent and validation for correctness.

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Governance Government Consulting Software Developers 62

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Project Governance. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Parametric Project Monitoring and Control. Five Principles of Project Success , PMI, Northern Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day, 2012. Planning and Scheduling.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

People such as authors, musicians, photographers, software development professionals, and others create intellectual property from which they expect to receive royalties and other forms of compensation. Neglecting to consider compensation for intellectual property rights is an invitation for lawsuits.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review 2023 Technical Review 137

Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

In the third section we get an overview of some routine meetings like the daily scrum, demos, governance meetings and teleconferences. Conducting a meeting: make the path visible and start down it and control the dialogue. the “self-governed team” agile principle is a valuable but incomplete concept. Conclusion.

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Software Review Process Lean Leadership 93

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Limited control over the project, leads to confusion and erratic process flow. Originally developed by Motorola, Six Sigma is a project management methodology that is primarily driven by data. Reducing the number of bugs (in software development), or. Improves company processes and enhances control over the quality.

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Prince2 Lean SCRUM Governance 122

Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. Kanban is a preferred framework for implementing Agile and DevOps software development. Large organizations face challenges to respond to change with speed and relative ease.

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Lean 2011 Cadence Innovation 98

Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 29, 2019

Modern software for project management applies Gantt charts to monitor, control, and plan project tasks. This is why most Gantt software solutions are equipped with additional features to increase their capabilities. Want to control all of your projects and predict failures? Selecting Software for Comparison.

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2019 Healthcare Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing 78

LiquidPlanner

JULY 7, 2020

This is the time when project managers need to take control, look ahead, stay productive, and identify mitigation options, which can be especially challenging when a project shuts down overnight, as has been the case during the coronavirus crisis. Fail to plan, plan to fail; it’s that simple.”.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2012 Retail PMI 156

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. Though whatever the case, we can say for sure that Scrum is very popular in software development. Introduction.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 229

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Product Backlog A prioritized list of features, enhancements, and fixes for a product that needs to be accomplished and is often used in Agile product development.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Lean may also combined with software development tools and techniques. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) DSDM is an agile project delivery framework that integrates schedule and budget constraints, offering a comprehensive foundation for both planning and executing projects.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Software Review 52

Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For example, let’s say you work on a project that involves complex software development and customization. Cost control With T&M contracts, handling cost control is challenging as project requirements and required resources may change over time. The governing law that will apply to the contract.

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Estimate Web Development Controlling Construction 52

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 30, 2020

Related: IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning. ProjectManager.com is a cloud-based project management software that can be used as a problem management tool. Our software can collect and categorize your problem as a project, so the problem management process can be controlled.

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Technical Review Infrastructure Software Review Information Technology 261

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. For a software project, let’s start by answering a critical question – how long are you willing to wait before you find out you’re late ? https://goo.gl/DP6Jw https://goo.gl/DP6Jw

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Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

According to Zippia Research , the US government has lost a whopping $32 billion because of failed IT projects. Be it a team of marketing, IT, HR, sales, or development, an Agile Coach guides them to improve performances and deliver value. More than 44% of Agile projects fail due to a lack of experience.

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Agile Certification Software Review Lean 59

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Federal and state governments. Software development. Defining the right methodology or development process for your organization will have a profound impact on controlling the schedule, costs, and quality of a project. They came up with the Agile Manifesto to streamline the development process. Health care.

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Retail PMI 2001 2011 119

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. This is a good starting point for not only Scrum and other agile methods, that can be used to test the validity of any method suggested to replace or augment the current agile software development processes.

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