2010, Article, Estimate and Governance - Project Management Update

Software Estimating Resources

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

Estimate

Estimate Software Review Software 2012

Estimating is a Learned Skill

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.

Estimate

Estimate 2006 2005 2013

Microsoft’s PPM Cloud Strategy Failed: What Now?

MPUG

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One thing Edward Snowden has taught the world is this: Never trust the US Government or any other government for that matter! This is true for Canadian Federal Government departments, government agencies, large Canadian companies, and even medium-sized Canadian companies. based organizations. Cloudy conditions, indeed!

2010

2010 Governance Government 2013

A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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. Project Governance. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

2003

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement

Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

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 ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.

2012

2012 2007 2011 2010

Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Between 2010 and 2020, 15.7 Business services (2 million jobs) and Manufacturing (630,000 jobs) supported the greatest number of project management roles in 2010.

2015

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review

Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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.

2003

2003 2014 2015 2011

Principle Based Management

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Most business departments have a set of standard operating procedures or guidelines that govern how we should respond to standard and even some not-so-standard occurrences we face throughout our workday. It starts with the organization and the governance practices and framework for that organization. Related articles.

2010

2010 Governance Government Estimate

Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

Risk Management

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002

A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

Risk Management

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002

How to Use nTask for Waterfall Project Management – A Practical Guide for First Timers

nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

Royce, often but mistakenly called the “father of Waterfall”, is accredited with the first formal description of the process in an article he wrote in 1970. The United States government settled on the Waterfall Model as the model’s advantages perfectly fulfilled their requirements. Cost estimation. Easy to estimate.

Software Review

Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review

Invested in Sustainability as a PM? You should be!

EarthPM

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Many executives embrace the conventional wisdom that mainstream investors care little about an organization’s performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics. The reduction drove down production costs and helped sustain 20% annual growth between 2010 and 2014. Why should they?

Sustainability

Sustainability 2005 2010 2014

Vendor Showcase Recap: Making Light Work of Schedule Risk Analysis – By Barbecana

MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

The project scope was changed by the owner, or the management, or you had unfortunate estimates of the time, and resources that would be required to complete particular steps in the schedule. John Owen: First, let’s talk about the estimates that we’re using in our schedule. It happens all too often.

Risk

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team

Vendor Showcase Recap: Making Light Work of Schedule Risk Analysis – By Barbecana

MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

The project scope was changed by the owner, or the management, or you had unfortunate estimates of the time, and resources that would be required to complete particular steps in the schedule. John Owen: First, let’s talk about the estimates that we’re using in our schedule. It happens all too often.

Risk

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty. The BLUE bars are the probabilistic ranges of the current estimate date.

Technical Review

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review

Project Management Update

Software Estimating Resources

Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Microsoft’s PPM Cloud Strategy Failed: What Now?

A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Principle Based Management

Risk Management Resources

A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

How to Use nTask for Waterfall Project Management – A Practical Guide for First Timers

Invested in Sustainability as a PM? You should be!

Vendor Showcase Recap: Making Light Work of Schedule Risk Analysis – By Barbecana

Vendor Showcase Recap: Making Light Work of Schedule Risk Analysis – By Barbecana

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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