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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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. Some feel that the cone does not provide any value for the work they do and does not match the reducing uncertainty in their estimates. This letter states.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ? Kwak and J.

Risk Management 38

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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. requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? 66% of organizations use PM software to communicate with clients. [17]. 76% of respondents said they are either “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with their PM software. [17]. Between 2010 and 2020, 15.7 trillion. [11]. 8,153,340.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

The paper on the Cone of Uncertainty is used by many in the No Estimates community as an example of why estimates are of little use. In this paper, there is data that does not follow the Cone of Uncertainty, in that the uncertainty of the estimates does not reduce as the project proceeds. Thesis, George Mason University, 2010.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Laurens Eveleens and Chris Verhoef, IEEE Software , vol. 1, Jan-Feb 2010, pages 30-36. Forgetting even more that "agile" is a bottom-up software development solution. Related articles. Three Increasingly Mature Views of Estimate Making in IT Projects. Chaos Report Myth Busters , .

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Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Let's start with a clear and concise description of the problem of successfully managing projects in the presence of uncertainty: Accurate software cost and schedule estimations are essential for non-trivial software projects. As a software project progresses, more information about the project is known.

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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. What Dr. Royce was describing was a flawed model for software development as he argued for a model with multiple iterations or runs. Popularity of the Waterfall Model.

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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 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). 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 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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.

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Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Workzone

APRIL 30, 2020

In 2010 daPulse, created by Wix.com , joined the vast array of project management tools on the market, and in 2017, daPulse went through a transformation to become Monday.com. Designed to come across as colorful and friendly, Monday aims to help you kick your case of the Monday blues through the use of its software. user per month.

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2020 Software Review Technical Review Software 38

MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

He has extensive experience of both project management, and software development. Previous positions have included VP of development for Welcom, senior director for product management at Deltek, and manager for computerized project management at Worley engineering. We’re very happy to welcome back John Owen today.

Risk 52

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 52

MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

He has extensive experience of both project management, and software development. Previous positions have included VP of development for Welcom, senior director for product management at Deltek, and manager for computerized project management at Worley engineering. We’re very happy to welcome back John Owen today.

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Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 52

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I’ve got some articles, in fact, I just wrote one last week for MPUG, if you haven’t seen it, talks about how agile is being used at Microsoft to eliminate bureaucracy. And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development. Am I getting the velocity?

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Lean Underperforming Technical Team 40

MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A lot of times I like to have fun, certainly in doing estimating. And that works doubly if you’re working in a software development environment is that, if you’re going to try and make Microsoft Project become your software developers tool, it’s not a right fit. That is great. Add a bucket.

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