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. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Project Pulse Journal

MAY 20, 2024

Malinawan, PMP They say a project manager spends 90% of their time on project communication. Yet, project managers struggle with keeping all stakeholders on the same page, leading to miscommunication that delays even the most meticulously planned projects. Ready to revolutionize project communication management? By: Meredith G.

Communications Management 52

Communications Management 2005 2008 Technical Review 52

nTask

JANUARY 21, 2019

What may seem like a completely different ballgame, if studied closely, just may be able to teach Agile teams a thing or two. Example #1: Dee Dee Trotter – 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2008 Games, DeeDee Trotter went to bag another gold medal in the 4×400 meter relay. Let the games begin! The Best Teamwork Examples.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2012 2008 98

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Ten Rules for Common Sense Program Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Susanne Madsen

MAY 23, 2018

​A project is a unique undertaking that’s full of risk and uncertainty, because it has never been done before in that exact way. Project management, as a discipline, is a response to this ambiguity. If we don't take time to apply these project management tools, we may jeopardise the success of the project.

Construction 87

Construction 2002 2008 Engineering 87

Epicflow Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

The right approach to project and resource management can really help business organizations to become profitable and competitive even during tough times. They may reduce the number of employees or their salaries/wages, close facilities, reduce investments, put digital transformation on hold, etc. In fact, it is!

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review 2008 Sustainability 52

MPUG

MARCH 28, 2021

Management stakeholders aren’t dedicated to the project, but they make key decisions about it. Management stakeholders share similar needs for project communication and can include customers, the project sponsor, a steering committee or leadership team, members of the change management board, functional managers, and so on.

Planning 90

Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Executing 90

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And this is precisely the point: The Product Owner miraculously identifies what is the best way to proceed as a Scrum Team by managing the Product Backlog. I do believe that a separation between product discovery on the one side (product management), and product delivery (Scrum teams) on the other side is no longer a viable approach.

Software Review 140

Software Review Technical Review Cadence SCRUM 140

PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. It can also indicate potential risks to existing projects. Introduction.

2016 52

2016 2014 PMO Software Review 52

Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2020

The idea of the organization as a machine has become so ingrained and pervasive in management practices and theories in the past fifty years, that it is hard to even be aware of it. and attributes much of it to scientific management. The most significant criticism of scientific management?—?and

2012 154

2012 2006 2011 Influencer 154

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

Velociteach

MARCH 20, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. WENDY GROUNDS: You’re listening to Manage This , the podcast for project managers by project managers. Welcome to Manage This. JOHN HOLMES: I have a degree in turf grass management. The FIFA World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world.

Logistics 52

Logistics Transportation 2022 Governance 52

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

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). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Traditional project management approaches, several of which are based on a strong belief in the cone of uncertainty, advocate stronger project control and greater planning. In that case, the competitor will win nearly every time, and the prize for “good” project management might be losing market share. If not, that's another issue.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 3, 2021

There are a lot of project management software tools to choose from, and there are a few that truly seem to dominate the space, like Oracle’s Primavera P6. How can you find the project management solution that fits your organization, project and the way your team works? It’s not only used by project managers , though.

Software Review 228

Software Review 2008 Technical Review Manufacturing 228

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . It just closed the loop faster.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

MPUG

DECEMBER 23, 2020

So my latest book is the PMO lifecycle, building, running and shutting down, Project Communication tools is my latest communication book, the Tactical guide for building a PMO in way back, and that’s why it looks a little different, but way back in 2008, I published Project Management communication Bible. Has that been applied?

PMO 52

PMO Construction Development Team Review Executing 52

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Information Technology is a young industry with several even younger career paths, one of which is Information Technology Service Management (ITSM). Service Integration and Management, aka SIAM, was developed in 2005. I expect you’ll join me in recognising that Information Technology has existed for approximately 100 years.

2001 78

2001 2007 2024 Information Technology 78

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

This concern is also present in academic literature, where authors like Mathieu and his colleagues (2008) and Mortensen and Haas (2018) point out that there is a research gap because studies are often based on stable teams, whereas this is often not the case in the modern workplace. Closing Words.

Underperforming Technical Team 157

Underperforming Technical Team 2007 2006 2009 157

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) Jump to a section: The best books for mastering the fundamentals of project management.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

PM That Works

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wrote about it my book in 2008. It really was a staple as a project manager. So adversity in our life is very useful to our development as human beings and in roles such as leadership, sales, business management, ownership, whatever that Rick A. Morris 7:50 might be. That's my sense, right? Can we do this in time?

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Controlling Risk Management 40

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Management Processes.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Planio

MAY 22, 2023

With 80% of companies using Agile project management methodologies to run their businesses, release planning has become more important than ever. Agile release planning is a product management process whereby you plan, manage, and deploy the next version of your product. Release too often, and you risk overwhelming your users.

Planning 78

Planning Agile Software Review Estimate 78

MPUG

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Satya is a management professional speaker, coach and author of six books. In his course of MS Project live lessons is one of the most used courses by management practitioners. Now that many scheduling approaches, why you go for a schedule in your project or program or any other plan that you are going to manage.

Software Review 52

Software Review Lean SCRUM PMI 52

Velociteach

JULY 31, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. WENDY GROUNDS: You’re listening to Manage This , the podcast by project managers for project managers. And what happens in the real world is often we’re trying to lead or to manage people on our projects, and we get resistance. Welcome to Manage This.

Underperforming Technical Team 76

Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Leadership 2008 76

Teamweek

AUGUST 24, 2020

This all comes in addition to older studies claiming that freelancers are at increased risk for burnout too. “If If you have a job that has on-call responsibilities, where you are expected to be reached all day and night, I would encourage you to take an inventory of how others in your industry have managed that same role,” said Aisha R.

2008 98

2008 Underperforming Technical Team Consulting Monitoring 98

Teamweek

JULY 31, 2020

This all comes in addition to older studies claiming that freelancers are at increased risk for burnout too. “If If you have a job that has on-call responsibilities, where you are expected to be reached all day and night, I would encourage you to take an inventory of how others in your industry have managed that same role,” said Aisha R.

2008 69

2008 Underperforming Technical Team Consulting Monitoring 69

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 20, 2017

As an inverse problem, never getting close to the WIP limit tells us we are underutilizing the resources of the system. Graves, MIT, in Building Intuition: Insights From Basic 81 Operations Management Models and Principles, 2008. IT Risk Management. The WIP tells us where in the system there is a weakness.

Underperforming Technical Team 34

Underperforming Technical Team 2008 Software Developers Software Development 34

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.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Estimation is part of project management. . The most important estimates for the project manager are related to time and cost. . The result is an artificial world (model) that is meant to closely resemble the real world in all relevant aspects. [8]. 7] "Fuzzy Monte Carlo Simulation and Risk Assessment in Construction," N.

Technical Review 43

Technical Review 2010 Estimate Software Review 43