Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2020

We aren’t managing projects now in the same way that people managed projects years ago. The approaches taken by many companies and professional bodies to managing projects are different now to when I first started out in the field in 2000ish. How long has project management been around? Technology.

2008 354

2008 Leadership Manufacturing PMI 354

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative. Project manager: the person leading the project (you).

Governance 356

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 356

ActiveCollab

MAY 25, 2022

Smart managers are always on the lookout, focusing on hidden risks that can sidetrack any project or business. Without a contingency plan, there is no risk management recovery plan. Even if your plan was designed with the help of planning software, it could fail anytime. WHAT IS A PROJECT CONTINGENCY?

Planning 68

Planning 2008 2020 Governance 68

Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Without this, we have an asymmetry since risks get transferred away from those who should have been held responsible. Another highly publicized example is that of the financial company executives who were never jailed for poor decision making which led to the 2008 financial crisis.

Underperforming Technical Team 185

Underperforming Technical Team 2008 Construction Engineering 185

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Proofhub

JULY 29, 2021

The biggest foundations of a ‘culture’ inside a startup is the passion and determination that comes from the management team which is often reflected upon to the rest of the team. A project management software that is seamlessly integrated with all Google apps, helps you manage projects, and keep a track of everything?

2021 159

2021 2008 2011 Innovation 159

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. IT Risk Management.

Software Developers 46

Software Developers Software Development Estimate 2006 46

Leading Answers

AUGUST 29, 2020

Driven by three macroeconomic trends, the need for projects and project managers was increasing. Eric Ries documented his lean startup methodology in 2008 as a way for organizations to adapt and experiment with new ideas and perform market tests. The winds of change were strong before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Energy Infrastructure Software Review 78

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. For a great number of companies, the previous recession has become an impetus for reviewing their project management processes and making them maximum efficient. 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

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 naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 1, 2016

In other words, it was like the wild west of project management. It took us six months to hone the LiquidPlanner company concept of a SaaS-based dynamic project management app; one capable of predicting completion schedules in real-time. Building LiquidPlanner. We left Expedia to fix this problem. See how we do it.

2006 74

2006 2008 Software Engineering Engineering 74

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 3, 2016

If you are a project manager, making tough calls and decisions is part of your everyday life. Regardless of how much project management experience you have, at a certain point you will still want or need to make a decision as a team. If you manage to find that 1-2 hour span, you want to make the best possible use of it.

Underperforming Technical Team 150

Underperforming Technical Team 2008 Energy Consulting 150

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. Here's a sampling of background on how agile software development processes are used in a domain where life is at stake.

Process 39

Process Agile 2011 Aerospace 39

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

Leankor

AUGUST 20, 2020

How Salesforce and the Right Work and Project Management Solution Can Ensure Business Continuity and Accelerate Delivery Success in a Remote World. Managing projects has been around long before it had a name. Another crucial development has been the instruments to help successfully manage all kinds of projects.

Telecoms 36

Telecoms 2008 Risk Management Construction 36

Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Traditional methods of quantitative cost-benefit analysis, like Net Present Value (NPV) or Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), either ignore or cannot properly capture the needs of management for flexibility to adapt and revise later decisions based on the uncertainties found on all IT projects. 72, 2nd Quarter, 2008, pp. IT Risk Management.

2008 32

2008 2002 Estimate Software Engineering 32

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Plans don't guarantee creative success - creative efforts operate in an economy - as system where people manage limited resources to maximize return and growth. Loss of control creates risk of failure. Compensate for cost variation by including risk reduction metrics. The Agile Cannon is composed of 5 elements. Forces on WIP .

Agile 61

Agile 2009 2008 2011 61

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 1, 2020

Today, we’re breaking down the best Gantt chart software options so you can make the smartest decision for your team. Next, let’s take a look at 10 industry-leading Gantt chart software providers, starting with our very own. Since 2008, ProjectManager.com has worked to transform the project management industry.

2020 352

2020 Software 2008 Monitoring 352

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty. Acquiring Data Retires Risk.

2002 34

2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 25, 2016

Theory of Decision under Uncertainty, Itzhak Gilboa, July 2008. Managerial Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Ari Riabacke. Software development decision making is a well studied subset of that field. Essential Reading List for Managing Other People's Money. Here's a starting point to learn that simply not true .

2008 44

2008 Finance Estimate Software Developers 44

Agilemania

MARCH 22, 2021

Project management has become an essential part of our fast-paced world. From small and medium to large scale, every business size depends on project management to successfully deliver their products and service. In recent times, there are multiple project management approaches available all around the world.

Agile 52

Agile 2001 2008 Software Review 52

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty. Acquiring Data Retires Risk.

2002 28

2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 28

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development.

2007 34

2007 2012 2009 2010 34

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU is a build-to paradigm, where measures of the program's performance cumulative to date is used to inform the risk for future performance.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

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). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

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). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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. What factors lead to software project failure?” All for the want of a nail.

2014 45

2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

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 done by active risk management, through probabalistic decision-making.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 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. 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.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

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 141

Software Review Technical Review Cadence SCRUM 141

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. . Software Risk Management , Barry W.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

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 227

Software Review 2008 Technical Review Manufacturing 227

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

Teamweek

MAY 21, 2020

Trello and Asana are two popular project management tools. Instead, both need to be evaluated based on: the size of your team, your project management workflow, and the tool’s onboarding time and ease of use. Essential features in project management tools. Are there any constraints or risks? Team management.

2020 52

2020 Planning Software Review 2011 52

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Today, we’re breaking down the best Gantt chart software options so you can make the smartest decision for your team. Next, let’s take a look at 10 industry-leading Gantt chart software providers, starting with our very own. Since 2008, ProjectManager.com has worked to transform the project management industry.

2019 162

2019 Software 2008 Monitoring 162

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