Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

See how approaches like the Scrum Framework and Liberating Structures can prevent some of these biases by bringing in diverse voices and by validating your assumptions against reality. For me personally, it's one of the reasons why I like the Scrum Framework , as it gives guide-rails to help us think and validate our assumptions with data.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. However, while this book covers basics like estimating and planning projects, where it shines is in covering the soft skills of project management. Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th edition).

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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 4, 2019

But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Stewart, ACTEX Publications, 2006. Agile Risk Management and Scrum , Alan Moran, Institute for Agile Risk Management, 2014. Loch, Arnoud DeMeyer, and Michael Pich, Wiley, 2006. No References?

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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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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . maybe a read of the resources of Estimating Agile Software Development may help. Almost impossible?

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

We were on of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . And, my customer is equally as clueless about the need to estimate as I am. I suspect the latter. .

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. Is this normal?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Learning how to address one of the problems found in projects is the subject of this Brown Bag talk, 10 November 2006. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate , Building credible cost and schedule estimates require discipline, skill, and experience, All 3 can be acquired over time. March 6, 2003. What is Risk?

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BeeWits

JULY 3, 2018

Founded in 2006 by Andrew Filev, it is today one of the top project management solutions powering thousands of businesses, in fact, the service is today used by more than 12,000 companies worldwide, competing with likes of Basecamp, Jira, Trello, Teamwork and of course, Asana amongst plenty of others. Visit our review here: [link] ).

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