Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Programmatic ?

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Strategy (#Strategy). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., a project).

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Bottleneck: In project management terms, a bottleneck is any constraint that restricts the movement of a process. With this approach, the project's cost and/or duration are calculated by adding the cost/duration of all its constituent activities. Bottom-up Estimating: Another term for Analytical Estimating.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78