Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

I work in a domain where estimates are made every single week. Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimated Completion Date (ECD) are the life blood of our software intensive system of systems programs. This, of course, is nonsense, since estimates are about the past, present, and future.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Presentations and Briefings. Project Performance Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Leading Agile

APRIL 29, 2021

You will need to outline the estimated costs to be incurred as part of that transformation as well as the estimated annual benefits and savings expected to be realized from your transformation effort. . Return on Investment or ROI is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment. Payback Period.

Finance 72

Finance Agile Performance Measurement Estimate 72

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. Department of Energy.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 18, 2020

Planning includes creating strategies for managing, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risk, communications, procurement and also making a plan for stakeholder engagement. . The activities are then sequenced, and the duration required for each activity is estimated. Risk : This is an integral part of planning.

Process 99

Process Project Life Cycle Development Team Review Risk Management 99

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. Carrying an Umbrella (Risk Buffer).

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

A recent lawsuit by Hertz Rental Car against Accenture has turned into a rallying cry by Agilest and No Estimates advocates. Of course, No Root Cause analysis has been performed by these advocates, but it makes good click bait for their followers. As well here are some past work and resource on problems similar to this.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Each knowledge area plays a role in value delivery by enabling effective project governance, resource management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement. Organizations can optimize project performance and outcomes by integrating these functions into a cohesive framework.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. Carrying an Umbrella (Risk Buffer).

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Bottom-Up Estimating . Activity Attributes . Assumption .

Software Review 45

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 45

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Bottom-Up Estimating . Activity Attributes . Assumption .

Software Review 40

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 40

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Accept: A response to a project risk where the project manager accepts the risk and takes no action to evade it, i.e. 'accepting' the risk. This is usually in case of risks that are unlikely to occur or minor enough so as to not affect the project's outcome. Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I've seen estimates abused by bad managers, so let's NOT estimate and that will fix the behavior of Bad Managers." While the human behaviors are real and observable, conjecturing that decisions can be made in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the outcome of those decisions, there is no principle to support that conjecture.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. This is due to many reasons.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Wrike

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the initiation phase of the project, a PMIS can be helpful in: Establishing a preliminary project budget including cost and resource estimates. Organizing project information and generating necessary reports for presenting to the key project stakeholders. Project risk management. Project planning phase.

Software Review 36

Software Review Estimate Budget Monitoring 36

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. This is due to many reasons.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

I’ll hand the presentation over to you. Let me find out where I’m presenting from. In addition to that, as well as the PMI standards plus to lead the way for the immediate processes, the techniques when it comes to things like estimating or requirements management and things along those lines. Jeff: Fantastic.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Designing, building, testing, and deploying complex systems is fraught with risk. And as always risk comes from uncertainty. Much has been written about the sources of risk and how to Manage in the Presence of Uncertainty (This briefing describes how risk is managed for each element of the Integrated Master Plan). .

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42