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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects. Laird and M. 37–48, 2007. .

2007 42

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value? Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. Eggstaff, Thomas A. 12, 2008.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Kozlowski & Ilgen (2006) describe this reciprocity as “process begets structure, which in turn guides process”. Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. In turn, this facilitates further collaboration.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2007 2006 2009 155

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy. Technical documentation. Closing: Formally closing the project and documenting lessons learned. Each chapter ends with quick reviews making this a useful “PMBOK for Dummies”.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Scoro

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Mobile devices are better integrated, and time spent in meetings is being scrutinized more closely. However, being a digital-age concept, it didn’t manifest through materials like paper and pens; CWM emerged via the realm of cloud software. What is CWM software? Integration with other software tools. Increased efficiency.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review 2006 2008 52

Wrike

JUNE 12, 2023

If 2023 — the so-called “ Year of Efficiency ” — has taught us anything, it’s that modern teams need the right tools and technology to survive. With so much project management software on the market, the choice might seem overwhelming at first. But which platform to choose?

Software Review 36

Software Review 2015 Technical Review 2006 36

Paymo App

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

If you’re here, it means that you’re looking for time tracking software that you will use yourself or with your team. Also, keep a close eye on any special offers from time to time. Support: You might have to resort to customer support at some point regardless of how prepared your team is when it comes to tech skills.

2018 75

2018 Software Review Software Technical Review 75

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

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. This is a closed loop system optimization process applied to all the projects we work. Is this normal?

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

MPUG

MARCH 19, 2020

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Kyle: This session is eligible for 1 PMI PDU in the Technical category and the code to claim that with PMI is on the screen now. I’m in the west suburb of St.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review 2021 2024 52

Paymo App

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The tools that made the shortlist are, in no particular order (click on each one to jump directly to the review): Basecamp. Whatever product you’re going for, test out the speed with as much data as you can to simulate real life projects as closely as possible. Reviews: Read what other people say about the tools.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review 2017 2016 104