Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Contracting for Agile software development projects continues to be a major organizational impediment. Please do avoid creating change request processes or Change Management boards. These change processes and Change boards cause decision latency. The estimates should be provided by the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

Explanation: Software development is an evolving process. Changes and updates are inevitable; returning to work in every system part is normal in the development lifecycle. Explanation: Incremental updates keep clients engaged throughout the development process, allowing them to see real progress and provide feedback.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This also allows them to estimate the time left in the sprint or project. That’s a simple but effective way to measure progress and estimate how much time is left in the sprint or project. Software development and product development teams use a burn out chart as these fields tend to work in a more iterative, agile fashion.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It often lures us into the trap of deterministic estimates. Let’s investigate why deterministic estimates set us up for failure and explore pragmatic alternatives that empower decision-making while embracing uncertainty. What Are the Pitfalls of Deterministic Estimates?

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nTask

JANUARY 14, 2021

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. Digital products are those products that are both developed and delivered digitally. Just to name a few: Website design and development. Software development.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 28, 2018

Here are five ways spreadsheets make project management a more horrific process than it has to be. Spreadsheets don’t give teams commenting features and audit trails that are essential to tracking how information and processes change over time. When tools and processes become difficult to use, it’s human nature to invent workarounds.

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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.

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Teamweek

JULY 2, 2020

Specifically, we’re going to look into tools for: Agile Planning Team/Resource Management Agile Estimation Scrum Tools for Backlog Management Source Control Continuous Integration & Deployment. Toggl Plan makes the agile planning process simple via the timeline. Agile Estimation Tools. Let’s get started. Toggl Plan.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. Understanding of SDLC can make the whole process more efficient. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This will include an accurate estimate of decentralized IT spending and shadow IT spending, the former being the distribution of functions, control and information, while the latter is IT-related hardware and software use without the knowledge of the IT department. That spending can come from a range of sources.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. The Product Owner is the bridge between the stakeholders and the development team, responsible for maximizing the value of the product. Estimation Techniques Accurate estimation of user stories is crucial for planning sprints and releases.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2021

O verview of Agile Estimating. When more is known than unknown, use absolute estimating. A traditional or Waterfall software development lifecycle includes a long and detailed planning period to define requirements before beginning development. But teams still need to estimate their work to forecast releases.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

Inaccurate time estimation is the cause of 25% of failed projects. Learning how to estimate time for a project is tricky, but critical to its success. In this guide we’ll go over: What is time estimating in project management? Why is estimating time for tasks important? What is time estimating in project management?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 25, 2022

At that time, 17 software developers started what would become agile project management by recognizing that shortening the delay of benefits to users and getting feedback from users A year later a manifesto was drafted. These were developed when the Agile Manifesto was written. Working software over comprehensive documentation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” Good” could be: The buttons are green The process takes less than 3 seconds Latency is 0.1 Good” then becomes your success criteria or quality measures.

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PM Basics

APRIL 3, 2018

It should fit in with software development project. However, this differences should not be an excuse not to apply proper processes and tools. Read this article to ensure you address the most significant problems of software development project management. Software Development is Mostly Agile.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2020

Let’s take a couple of minutes to understand these: What is software development effort estimation. How we were estimating earlier. What is story point estimation. What is an estimation in software development? How were we estimating earlier? What is story point estimation?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One of the 4 summary root causes of project performance failures is Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates based on inadequate risk-adjusted growth models. If you have no uncertainty, then estimates provide no value. Be an adult, manage other people's money using a risk management process. This is how business works.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. It’s the process of ensuring changes are properly evaluated and incorporated into project plans.

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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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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2021

It started in software development, but has since been adopted by other industries that have seen the benefit of agile’s iterative approach. This approach goes back to the development of the Agile Manifesto, which was written by seventeen software developers who found consensus around twelve principles.

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Inloox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The FMEA goals The primary goal of FMEA is the timely detection and prevention of potential defects in products or processes. However, other diverse goals can be realized or pursued with the help of the FMEA method: Identification of process weaknesses. Increasing the reliability and effectiveness of processes.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

The software development life cycle (SDLC) is how it’s done in software development. What Is the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a process by which software is developed and deployed. SDLC Phases. Agile Model.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

More seriously, weather forecasts have helped us narrow our decision-making process. When dealing with uncertainty, and the weather holds a lot of uncertainty, forecasts are of value to narrow our decision-making process. I believe we can use this definition in Agile software development. Who couldn’t predict that!

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Resource Guru

JULY 19, 2023

It refers to the systematic process and sequence of activities that an advertising agency follows to execute advertising campaigns and deliver services to clients. Not only do advertising agency workflows differ from workflows for other agency types—say recruitment or software development. But there’s a catch.

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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. Identify tasks, estimate timings, and map a timeline Step 4. Unique to software development projects and product teams.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. This skill was an extension of the signal processing work I did as a grad student looking for information in the data stream of a particle accelerator.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

There is a discussion of the conjecture that estimates are a waste, estimates can't be done, estimates are evil, estimates must be stopped immediately. To be informed how to estimate in this broad range of domains, problems, and impacts — education, experience, and skill are needed. illities are a waste.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Process modeling is a crucial aspect of project management. In this article, we will explore the basics of process modeling, the steps to create a successful process model, the tools and techniques that can aid in effective process modeling, and showcase case studies where process modeling has proven to be invaluable.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

IT financial management is made up of the processes and tools that are needed to manage and analyze IT costs. There’s also the communication of the value of these processes and tools to IT leaders in order to prove their value to the business. What Is IT Financial Management (ITFM)? Here are a few of them.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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Herding Cats

MAY 17, 2017

Agile software development is a software development process. Risk Management is a process as well. Herding Cats: Process is King. Herding Cats: How to Talk About Estimates. It is popular to state that Agile IS Risk Management - but that is not correct. But Agile alone is not Risk Management.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Include your definitions and processes in your risk management plan. Keep in mind - identifying opportunities is an iterative process. Here are some examples: Your software development project is behind schedule. More modern definitions of risk include the possibilities of upside risks.

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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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