Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. reducible and irreducible

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Decision Making on Software Development Projects Is Both Simple and Complex at the Same Time. All Uncertainty Creates Risk. Reducible risk requires estimating the probability distribution of the occurrence. Irreducible risk requires estimating the statistical distribution of the naturally occurring processes.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? Then on to the original conjecture for No Estimates from Paul's post. That is, to make decision with “No estimates”.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 22, 2019

Project Managers are among the most positive of people. No matter how well you manage your project, ultimately success is not down to you. This has led me to conclude that of all the project management processes and disciplines, stakeholder engagement is paramount. Yet the fact is, there are limitations.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

These days, new project managers are exposed to conflicting guidance. When our projects undertake defined, repeatable work using technologies and approaches our organizations have experience in, then uncertainty and change rates are typically low and manageable. Here, traditional project management approaches work great.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This view of the system of producing value in exchange for money ignores the principles of systems engineering. . Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Project Management is a systematic and organized approach to planning, coordinating, and overseeing the work of a team to achieve a specific goal. Key to understanding Project Management, is to understand what a project is. Likewise, the project manager can set milestones, dates by which important aspects of the project need to be met.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

Risk is everywhere on projects. This risk comes from two types of uncertainty. The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. Peter Drucker (1975) Management (From The Principles of Software Engineering , Chapter 6, Tom Glib, 1988). .

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 23, 2017

In the estimating business, like many things in project management, there is confusion about principles, practices, and processes. A good estimation approach should provide estimates that are within 25% of the actual results, 75% of the time. Software Engineering Metrics and Models. Dunsmore and V.Y.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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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. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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nTask

JANUARY 14, 2021

The need for digital projects and content means that digital project management is more prevalent and there is a need for digital project managers. If you are wondering exactly just what this means and wanted to learn more about the digital project management process you have come to the right place. Software development.

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Proofhub

JUNE 12, 2023

Exceptional project leadership is the key that empowers leaders and managers to navigate challenges, ignite creativity, and achieve remarkable project success! In the realm of project management, the ability to master the art of exceptional project leadership is like possessing a superpower. Here are some of the key benefits: 1.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In project management, one of the key factors that contributes to the successful completion of a project is a well-structured and comprehensive budget plan. Understanding the importance of a project budget plan is crucial for project managers and stakeholders. This enhances productivity and reduces delays.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2016

How do you define, design, represent, assess, analyze, and manage these interactions. But in technical systems - engineered technical systems - the system has to work when commanded to do so. This is the domain of Systems Engineering, that many times is based on the principles of Ackoff and others like him. Estimating Guidance.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. First, let's establish a principle.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

By Susan Parente | Risk Management Guru – Agile Generalist – Instructor and Consultant, IIL. Can Agile practices be incorporated with traditional project management?” Relative sizing/estimating. This is a very common question today, and the answer is yes! The daily stand-up meeting. Team retrospectives.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In the fast-paced world of project management, staying organized and on track is essential to success. PERT charts provide a visual representation of a project’s tasks, their dependencies, and the estimated time needed to complete each task. It helps project managers analyze the critical path and allocate resources efficiently.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. is not founded on any principle of business management, microeconomics of decision making, or principles of probability and statistics. Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. An estimate is.

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies — also known as Scrum ceremonies or just ‘events’ — are specific events that provide a structured framework for iterative software development processes. Working this way reduces the risk that you’re building the wrong software.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What are the limitations and risks of metaphor? More on this later under the heading of “risk.” “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity. ” What are the Limitations and Risks of Metaphor? Estimated hours completed? What is a metaphor not ? Story points?

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Andrew Middleton , the Managing Director at AMWireless, tells us how to make sure you aren’t fighting a losing battle by trying to manage the unmanageable: “All project stakeholders have got to be on board right from the start and it’s up to the PM to make sure it stays that way! Perform Risk Management.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Process modeling is a crucial aspect of project management. Here are a few key reasons why it should be an integral part of your project management approach: Improved Efficiency: By visualizing the process flow, project teams can identify redundant or unnecessary steps, enabling them to streamline operations and improve overall efficiency.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There are mysteries to managing in the presence of uncertainty for those who understand the principles of Risk Management of cost, schedule, and technical performance and know how to apply them using Managerial Finance, Microeconomics of Software Development, and Probabilities Decision making.

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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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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Project scope creep is a common challenge in the world of project management. In order to successfully deliver a project, it is crucial to understand and effectively manage scope creep. Imagine a software development project where the project manager estimated that it would take three months to complete.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. For software development, there are many decisions to be made. What Feature to develop next ? IT Risk Management. A broader definition is.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 13, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates or any other project attribute. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create risk to the success of the project. The Programmatic Management of the project.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. This letter states.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 2, 2017

So the first part is following standard estimating principles. 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. From large construction to software development.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2023

A Gantt chart is an invaluable tool for project management, allowing you to visually track and manage your project’s progress. Imagine you are a project manager overseeing a complex construction project. This lets project managers to visualize how long each task will take and plan accordingly.

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