Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. They are not the same, the processes of decision making are not the same. The concepts of Taleb and its application to project management is shared by some in the project management community (and now in the No Estimates community).

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Most organizations build structures and processes designed to prevent project failure. However, Muratgali Karimsakov , a Project Engineer at Karachaganak Petroleum, warns that lessons learned must be applied in the right way: “Unfortunately, the lessons learned process in many companies doesn’t work properly.

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MPUG

JULY 8, 2021

Our lesson objectives are we are going to define the requirements gathering process and write well defined and properly structured requirements. And which of the following is included in the needs assessment process? This is taken from their Mastering the Requirements Process book. What is a business need?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

‘Knowledge work’ refers to tasks that take place mostly in our minds, like predicting scope, setting up plannings, considering consequences of changes to complex systems, working out test cases and estimating complexity. This will affect all estimates and predictions. This will affect all estimates and predictions.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The New Leaders – 2002 with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (US|UK). Focus on processes, systems and procedures. And no effective Project Leader can lead a team without being able to manage the people and processes involved. Time, budget, and cost estimation. Emotional Intelligence has Four Main Dimensions.

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Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

Organization – Project management software organizes process, projects, and documents by keeping everyone on the same page on what needs to be tracked, how and where. No other software on the market offers such an extensive onboarding and training process included with their subscription. ” every day. Learn more.

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Workzone

JULY 13, 2021

After all, Workzone has been helping teams bring order to their project chaos since 2002. Workzone’s secret sauce is their customer support, complete with a comprehensive onboarding process to ensure proper training and smooth adoption. Pros: Insightly is simple to use and easy to navigate. Pricing: Free – $20.83/user/month.

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Workzone

APRIL 23, 2020

Workzone is a US-based company that has been a major player in the project management world since 2002. It helps your team build the foundation, processes, and discipline needed to drive project management success. It’s also a poor choice if you’re concerned with monitoring budgets or estimates. Pricing: Ranges from Free – $20.83/user

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

However, there are a lot of challenges, many of which arise because of limitations in current processes and tools, which impede success. Project Resource Management is a process designed to use human and tangible assets, materials, and equipment efficiently and effectively. Utilize processes where possible to reduce administration.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Management Processes (#MP). While many of the presentations have similar titles, the content is focused on a specific set of processes and practices, while the principles are the same, since they are Immutable. . Management Processes. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Project management is as much about people as it is about processes. To make a complex practice like project management simpler, the most recent version of the PMBOK breaks the core project management processes down into five sections: Initiating : Defining a new project or a new phase of an existing project. Author: Brett Harned.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Project Risk Management: Process, Techniques, and Insights , 2nd Edition, Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward, John Wiley & Sons, 2003. I'm not expecting anyone to read all these books. No References?

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ProProfs Project Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

NHS launched a civilian project in 2002 that aimed to revolutionize the way technology is used in the healthcare industry. Wikipedia defines task management as: The process of managing a task through its entire life cycle. You can use task management software for: Task Estimation. What is Task Management? Task Scheduling.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. How can the same principle be a good idea in 2002 and a bad idea in 2019? When I applied those principles in real-world situations, they worked remarkably well. What has changed?

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Workzone

JULY 23, 2021

Before Workzone, we had no process for the trafficking of jobs. Zoho Projects is a Project Management component of Zoho, which offers a series of products to help mid-range to large organizations with their business processes. Workfront scales with the growth of organizations, helping establish processes along the way.

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ProProfs Project Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Project case estimates. Task estimates are accurate. Project cost estimation. Automated project processes. ProWorkFlow is a project management and time tracking software that was launched in 2002. Features: Time tracking. Project budgeting. Task priority. Team collaboration. Pros: Easy project navigation.

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Workzone

AUGUST 4, 2021

No other software on the market offers such an extensive onboarding and training process included with their subscription. It’s easy for our group to manage and our users to submit and follow along as to where a project is during the process. Asana offers a free trial, but limited personalized onboarding and support. Learn more.

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PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

But for me there was a point early in my career really around 2002 where I decided or was thinking of quitting project management it was just you know I was frustrated. So I'm going to transition into a story here really quickly and we're going to do our best here with the connections that we have. Weren't meeting for me.

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Workzone

JULY 6, 2021

It’s easy for our group to manage and our users to submit and follow along as to where a project is during the process. Workzone has been helping teams manage their workflows with precision and success since 2002. . “Workzone is perfect for managing all of our quick-moving internal projects.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

The company wanted to automate their dispatching process. They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. When they had their process worked out using notebooks and slips of paper, they were ready to automate. Even better: It was the right process.

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