Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Here's a typical graph showing a core problem in the software development domain. . Was the scope controlled, properly funded, staffed properly, defects too high - causing rework, and a myriad of other operational and developmental things that could have caused the actual result to not match the initial estimate.

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Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

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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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. Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. effectively and efficiently.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In most of the software development, this notion is missing - hence the quote that What is divided from How. In Earned Value Management paradigm, progress is always measured as physical percent complete. Have a threshold or objective value, Characterize major drivers of Performance, Are consider Critical to Customer.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

In particular, the ability to produce more with fewer resources leads to an increase in output and revenue while keeping costs under control. For instance, a software development company that aims to be effective would focus on delivering bug-free software that provides a seamless user experience.

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

Performance Measurement Baseline. This creates a point of comparison of all the other baselines to evaluate project performance. Overall Change Control. It refers to all the change-related process that need to be performed during project execution. X-Bar Control Charts. Optimistic Duration.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

The Measure that is modeled in the Cone the variable is the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measure. Analyzing trends that help focus on problem areas at the earliest point in time - when the variable under control starts misbehaving, intervention can be taken.

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Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

- How much variance reduction needs to take place in the project attributes (risk, effectiveness, performance, cost, schedule - shown below) at what points in time, to increase the probability of project success? This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM).

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Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 19, 2016

Rarely the case in software development, where Little's Law is misused often. The OP claimed Goodhart's Law was the source of most of the problems with software development. Is this macroeconomic model a correct operational model for software development processes - measuring changes the target ?

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Performance Measurement Estimate Software Developers Software Development 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

We need to know the Upper Control Limits (UCL) and Lower Control Limit (LCL) of the ranges of all the variables that will impact the success of our project. With this paradigm we have logically connected project management processes with Control System processesIf the variances, created by uncertainty going outside the UCL and LCL.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

And, you know, ultimately the thing that slows software development down is fear of change. There’s people who know how to automate things, especially like a software development, and there’s people who know how to automate things. Also, review performance measures.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Traditional project management approaches, several of which are based on a strong belief in the cone of uncertainty, advocate stronger project control and greater planning. While controls and planning are useful, an overly strict focus can result in attempts to solve the wrong goal. And from his project's data that may well be true.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

The Measure that is modeled in the Cone the variable is the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measure. Analyzing trends that help focus on problem areas at the earliest point in time - when the variable under control starts misbehaving, intervention can be taken.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Modeling is at the heart of Program Planning and Controls. PP&C lives in the domain of Project Management and Controls, which is a Technical Management Processes of ISO 15288. The will happen of course is dependent on externalities, some under our control some not. Those under our control need to be part of the model.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is usually a cost, a completion date, a performance measure used in a closed loop control system to keep the project GREEN while delivering the needed Capabilities to produce the Value for the customer at the needed time for the needed cost.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. All project work operates in the presence of uncertainty.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. Anything less results in systems not worth having or fail to function or perform. [3],

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Software Developers Software Development Agile Software 39

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. risks that may prevent the end item from performing as intended or not meeting performance expectations.

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Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It covered identifying requirements, interconnecting tasks, resources, planned values, actual values, baselines, performance measures, forecast techniques and timesheets. the desired level of monitoring and controlling. a people culture. existing contracts and agreements. Challenges Of Working in a Digital Environment.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. What is a Team?

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Change Control: The process of documenting, approving and rejecting changes to specific deliverables, deadlines, scope, and benchmarks for a project. Change Control Board: A formal body within a project management organizational structure tasked with managing project change. Drawdowns help control the project budget.

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Herding Cats

MAY 12, 2018

This quote is typically the basis of proposing agile software development over traditional software development. But if the development work is a Project is a fixed period of performance, for a fixed (with margin) budget, and a fixed set of Capabilities, then the question is can agile be used to develop the software?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. PM Sourcebook Integrated Project Management Sourcebook A Technical Guide to Project Scheduling, Risk and Control, Mario Vanhoucke, Springer. It just closed the loop faster.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

We always want to minimize the number of interfaces between modules, minimize the complexity of each interface, and control the type of info flow. In general, modules tightly coupled if they use shared variables or if they exchange control info. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

We always want to minimize the number of interfaces between modules, minimize the complexity of each interface, and control the type of info flow. In general, modules tightly coupled if they use shared variables or if they exchange control info. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 28

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

We invite you to join in today with questions and comments by using the chat feature in the GoToWebinar control panel. Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. When we execute the plan, when we monitor and control the plan, what are we trying to do? Then planning.

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