Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Boehm, Barry W.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Why our brain is not built for software engineering.

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2002 SCRUM 2007 2003 190

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. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Chakraborty and K.

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

That is, does the question below, which I answered on a technical forum recently, describe a situation you might be facing or may have faced in the past? In my over 25+ years in the software industry, this has been an all too familiar situation! I have often wondered – doesn’t speak too well of us as software professionals!

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Development Team Review Software Review Cadence Technical Review 154

Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

Jeff Kinney’s hit children’s book series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid , was first released in 2007 and is still rolling out installments each year. Feasibility analysis: Next, evaluate each idea for its feasibility — this means technical, financial, and market viability. Be creative and think outside the box!

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Innovation Process Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 36

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When I started using Scrum as a software developer back in 2007 I noticed that this new ways of working really worked, then I decided to learn more about and I became a Scrum Master in 2012 and in 2015 I started to teach Scrum, overcoming my fear of public speaking. I will explain the peer review at the end of this article.

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2017 2018 2016 SCRUM 172

Leading Agile

JANUARY 15, 2019

The title is based on a quote from the 2007 movie, Ghost Rider. Connection with Software Development. Software development teams often find themselves tangled up with more work than they can handle gracefully, if at all. The two fight briefly. cutting corners only results in the illusion of speed.

Software Review 68

Software Review Development Team Review 2007 Technical Review 68

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. Each chapter ends with quick reviews making this a useful “PMBOK for Dummies”. Author: Harvard Business Review. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success. taken from [3]).

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Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Software Vendors. Serving the project management community since 2007 with fresh project management articles every day! Dedicated to provide PM articles, detailed PM software reviews, PM book reviews, and the latest news for the most popular web-based collaboration tools: Project-Management.com. PM Bloggers.

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team PMI 72

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. Gano, Atlas Books, 2007. What factors lead to software project failure?”

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Read more: Industry, Product, and Technical Knowledge: What Makes a Project Manager an Expert? As, for example, an IT project manager orchestrates IT projects and leads corresponding teams in their software development efforts. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2007—North America, Atlanta, GA. References.

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PMO 2007 Controlling Construction 82

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

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. 37–48, 2007. .

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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. The Development of Progress Plans Using a Performance–Based Expert Judgment Model to Assess Technical Performance and Risk,” Justin W. They cannot be suppressed or removed.

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

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

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

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the technical category and the code for claiming today’s session is on the screen now.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Lean Underperforming Technical Team 40

MPUG

OCTOBER 24, 2019

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. And this session is eligible for one PMI, PDU in the Technical category. We’re going to take a quick review of Agile options and approaches. There we go.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 40

MPUG

DECEMBER 4, 2019

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. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the technical category. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

Software Review 52

Software Review Initiating Software Closing 52

MPUG

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

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. PMI PDU use in the technical category. And you get asked a question to enter a code. And this code is 18 11 17. In 2007, it became in color.

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2013 Finance 2007 Software Review 40