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 ? Domain-Based Effort Distribution Model for Software Cost Estimation,” Thomas Tan, University of Southern California, 2012.

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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. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

255, April 2010. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. 24, 2010. “A Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y. 920, November 2004. Kwak and J. Yamamoto, and K.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Kwak and J.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. 12, 2008. “A

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MPUG

JUNE 20, 2022

As I explained previously in this series of articles , once you have all dependencies, the Most?Critical In this fourth article, we will venture into workload modeling and discuss resource-constrained scheduling. Starting with the 2010-release, Microsoft Project could find the 19?day the network of dependencies).

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2010 Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance 52

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. The chief critic of the cone has data collected from his projects that develop Products. From his article in an IEEE magazine often quoted by No Estimates advocates. .

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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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Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review 97

Wrike

MAY 23, 2023

I joined the team as a QAA engineer in 2010, the first employee in this role. Together, we have developed a unique quality control system for Wrike, our lovely project management platform, allowing us to deploy product code to production more quickly and without bugs. This article was written by a Wriker, in Wrike.

Engineering 36

Engineering Underperforming Technical Team Controlling Software Review 36

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 25, 2024

In this article, you'll gain insights into aligning projects with broader strategic goals, prioritizing customer needs, and adapting to market trends—all essential for achieving sustainable growth and long-term success. Retrieved [date you are citing the article], from [link] Unilever. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from [link] Asana.

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Sustainability Development Team Review Innovation 2024 52

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

Alternatively to the previous: I believe The IT Skeptic had an article about having two boards – one focused on the stakeholder epics, the other on the actual short-term tasks. I have often wondered – doesn’t speak too well of us as software professionals! Is it a good idea? Do you have experience with that? Our Kanban Journey.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. 1] Control or Economic Law Paperback, Eugen von Boehm-Bawerk, 2010. [2] 4] " Risk Management and Agile Software Development ," Glen B Alleman. Related articles. What is a Team?

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Estimate Risk 2010 Software Engineering 28

Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2019

Agile software development started with developers. Agile software development was started by developers. Starting out with a strong focus on website development, I built my first site for them in 2002, first as a freelancer later as an employee. NowOnline started somewhere in 2001.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 20, 2018

But in the software development world, the domains of IT, there are two other colors of money. There are two types of software that are developed for a business: 1) internal-use software, and 2) software developed to be sold, leased or marketed (“software to be sold”). CAPEX and OPEX.

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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

It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects. But a more important idea is missing in the article. In all software development businesses, showing up late and over budget has a direct impact on the bottom line. .

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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. Chaos Report Myth Busters , . Willian pointed out the bands for measuring success.

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2006 2010 Estimate Agile 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 8, 2017

In many conversations about managing in the presence of uncertainty - which is the ubiquitous condition for all non-trivial software development projects - the notion that principles, processes, and practices of Engineered Systems appear to be the antithesis of Agile development in some quarters. . Related articles.

Web Development 37

Web Development Software Engineering Engineering 2010 37

MPUG

AUGUST 25, 2019

The 2010 version of Microsoft Project introduced some new functionality whose behavior has confused and confounded users with all degrees of experience, from absolute beginners to power users. Microsoft introduced this new functionality to fix a bug that had been present in the software since I first started using it many years ago.

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MPUG

MAY 24, 2020

I’ve been working on creating blog posts and videos and giving speeches since 2010. Raphael Santos: So software development projects they basically respond, or they are accountable for 102,000 hours out of those 122 hours. I do work for the North American market, I would say, but based in San Paolo.

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Software Review Artificial Inteligence Software Developers Software Development 40

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

The Orange dots are the actual weights from a variety of sources - a Design Model (3D Catia CAD system), a detailed design model, a bench scale model that can be measured, a non-flying prototype, and then the 1st Flight Article). ASE’10, September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium. . [8] Software Engineering Economics”. Chulani, S.,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

The Orange dots are the actual weights from a variety of sources - a Design Model (3D Catia CAD system), a detailed design model, a bench scale model that can be measured, a non-flying prototype, and then the 1st Flight Article). ASE’10, September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium. . [8] Software Engineering Economics”. Chulani, S.,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Software development project schedule estimation has long been a difficult problem. Reducing Estimation Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment: Tracking the “Cone of Uncertainty ” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Chatchai Sinthop, Barry Boehm, ASE’10, September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium. . "A Related articles.

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Project Management Hacks

AUGUST 4, 2016

In today’s article, you will hear directly from Leigh Espy about her journey into project management success at FedEx. Through many discussions with my husband – who works in software development – I discovered an interest in the technology field. I led an effort to develop a risk-based software development process.

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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.

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2020 Software Review Technical Review Software 38

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Orange dots are the actual weights from a variety of sources - a Design Model (3D Catia CAD system), a detailed design model, a bench scale model that can be measured, a non-flying prototype, and then the 1 st Flight Article). ASE’10, September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium. . [8] Software Engineering Economics”.

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Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Runrun.it

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Check it out what you will find on this article about agile squad : The agile organization and the agile squad Benefits (and needs) of the agile squad Agile squad success stories A testament to the transformative power of collaboration. The agile organization and the agile squad. Bank of America.

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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.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Satya N Dash: In addition to that, I have seen management practitioners when they create a plan, they make a lot of mistakes, without any software tool, in this case Microsoft Project. As early as 2009, 2010, nearly 11 years before I was working as a PMO. One is a software developer. ” It is exactly the reverse.

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Software Review Critical Chain Technical Review Risk Management 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

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 16, 2019

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. And part of that is remember that this is a database, right?

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