Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Break the project down into tasks: Use a Work Breakdown Structure to make the project more manageable. Estimate a project timeframe: Create time estimates for each task. Similar past projects can help you here as a reference. Calculate project costs: Work out other costs for the project.

Estimate 52

Estimate Web Development Controlling Construction 52

Project Bliss

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Budget – estimated cost of the project. Finances – funding to complete the project. Schedule: tasks, durations, and dependencies needed to complete the project. Methodology – the approach you’ll take to completing the project. Delivery: Project servers arrive configured as expected.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Software Review Finance Monitoring 208

MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

In this way, the construction of the pyramids was a complex project that required careful management in order to be successful. Project Management as a Profession As a Profession , it has its roots in the 1950s and 1960s when the U.S. government began using it to manage complex defense projects.

Certification 52

Certification PMI Logistics Construction 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Governance (#Governance). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT). Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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 .

Process 45

Process Estimate Software Developers Software Development 45

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. For software development starts with. Almost impossible?

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. And, my customer is equally as clueless about the need to estimate as I am.

Estimate 35

Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 35

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. Turns out in the real world there is no such project. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value?

2003 46

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You need to track project progress at a glance—but in a way that you can collaborate with your team, spot potential problems, and compare progress against your project plan or statement of work. We’ve already seen how Toggl Plan helps you stay on top of team and project schedules with visual, drag-and-drop timelines.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Technical Review Construction 52

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management.

2002 34

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates. Not a group that likes to get questions, by the way.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Finance Software Developers 39

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management.

2002 28

2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 28

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Use of Benefits of Tools for Project Risk Management,” T. 255, April 2010.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager 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 cyber security. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back. The planning.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59