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. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Governance (#Governance).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It enables knowledge workers to do their jobs efficiently via tools such as spreadsheets, presentation software, bookkeeping tools, data processing tools, calculators, etc. . Making use of apps and software for better internal collaboration and communication boosts productivity by minimizing the need for individual communication.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Software Review Monitoring Innovation 87

MPUG

JUNE 27, 2022

I find baselining to be so difficult in Microsoft Project that no matter how I trained students in doing it right, most would almost always revert back to their old behaviors: not baselining, re-baselining the entire project every week, or re-baselining in an incorrect way. Yes” was the emphatic answer.

Governance 52

Governance Government Estimate Performance Measurement 52

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric. This can be the confidence in the estimate for any variable.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Training & Certification. Project Management Software & Tools. 80% of “high-performing” projects are led by a certified project manager. [4]. ROI of project managers (including average salary and training costs): . Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Entry level.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimated Completion Date (ECD) are the life blood of our software intensive system of systems programs. The management of SISoS is really no different than the management of any other enterprise class software system. Several other government estimating organizations.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

Due to the complexity of business operations, use process documentation software, such as a Business Process Management (BPM) platform. Once a current performance measure has been determined, you can define your ideal situation based on meeting or surpassing standard requirements. How to document your business processes?

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

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?

Agile 44

Agile Finance Software Developers Software Development 44

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Train the people working on the project about optimism bias and how that bias is exhibited in their behavior as well as their decision making. This training includes recognizing and applying the Principles of decision making in the presence of uncertainty. What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers?

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 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 (in this post, cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Train the people working on the project about optimism bias and how that bias is exhibited in their behavior as well as their decision making. This training includes recognizing and applying the Principles of decision making in the presence of uncertainty. What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers?

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

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. What’s deliverable, cadence, project phase?

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59