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

APRIL 4, 2019

But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Misconceptions of Risk , Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientist 2nd Edition , Ernest J. No References? Alexandre Vidal, Springer?Verlag,

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A De Meyer, C.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reducing Estimation Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment: Tracking the 'Cone of Uncertainty’” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Chatchai Sinthop and Barry Boehm, Center for Systems and Software Engineering University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA 90089, ASE’10 , September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A De Meyer, C.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

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." IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, 1 (1984): 4-21. Boehm, Barry W.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

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. First, the Cone of Uncertainty is a Principle used to define the needed reduction in the variances of estimates on Programs. Remember Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And finally, since all project work operates in the presence of uncertainty, we must make estimates in order to execute the project in a Closed Loop manner. Explaining KPPs, KSAs, MOEs, and MOPs , John's Ho[kins Whiting Schools of Engineering. Risk-Informed Decision Making , NASA/SP-2010-576. Resources .

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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. . Since it is easier to estimate small tasks, these estimates are often calculated and performed as point estimates, for example, a task will take 3 days. RiskAmp is one I like.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Engineering. 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. Business services and healthcare are expected to lead job growth between 2010 and 2020. [11]. Estimated Project-Oriented Job Openings 2010-2020:

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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. This knowledge can be used to assess and re-estimate the effort required to complete the project.

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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). Prentice-Hall, 1981. This is due to many reasons.

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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). Prentice-Hall, 1981. This is due to many reasons.

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Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 29, 2018

We built LiquidPlanner based on the belief that teams work best when they organize tasks by priority, make best/worst case estimates, collaborate in one central location, and can rely on a scheduling engine that automatically updates whenever plan items change. Uncertainty is managed using a low and high effort estimate.

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nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

Its simplicity and ease of implementation has made it the most popular version of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) for software engineering and IT projects. In his presentation he described the use of such phases in software engineering. Cost estimation. Easy to estimate. Long term Projects. Inappropriate.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

WS-05: Coming Late to the Party - Getting to GREEN on the Fly - Using the structure of a Greek play - the setting, the protagonist, the imbalance, the balance, and the solution, show how to increase the probability of program success.PMI CPM, Professional Education Program, June 2010. . Agile Project Management is Systems Engineering?

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Resource Guru

AUGUST 10, 2023

Learn more about Shantal in our interview series Agency SEO tools Whether or not you’re an AI advocate, we know this much: search engines aren’t going anywhere. Ahrefs – Best agency SEO tool for covering multiple search engines Keyword search in Ahrefs. So, I want to enjoy the tool that I’m using. per month Guru: $249.91

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

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. John Owen: However, what I’m going to briefly show you now is that oftentimes, it’s really got nothing to do with poor estimates or execution.

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

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. John Owen: However, what I’m going to briefly show you now is that oftentimes, it’s really got nothing to do with poor estimates or execution.

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Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 52

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.

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Wrike

AUGUST 14, 2020

Toyota was looking for a way to improve their engineering and production processes. His book on Kanban , published in 2010, is still one of the most comprehensive resources out there for technology-focused projects. An estimate of how long it will take. Where does Kanban come from? Kanban originated in the late 1940s in Japan.

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MPUG

AUGUST 1, 2021

Unfortunately, many projects to the detriment of the people executing them, are delivered late and it’s not usually anything to do with estimating or project execution. It’s got nothing to do with poor estimating, poor execution or even risks that occurred or did not occur.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

If you understand how the engineering Teams are structured, there’s a lot more fluidity between say dynamics and some of the things that are happening there, and the things called common data service. A lot of times I like to have fun, certainly in doing estimating. What is your percent complete? Is there a baseline on that?

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When I first started thinking through this idea, I was actually really thinking about the idea of practices because back in 2010, a little bit earlier than that, Jim Kundiff, the Scrum Alliance, and those guys were really popularizing the CSM certification, PMI was doing the PMI ACP or a lot of us were part of that.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

And so if something has never been done before, it’s hard to kind of figure out an estimate. Customers are always simply saying, “Hey, look, I need a better tool to make this happen.” Am I getting the velocity? Are we getting the burn down or burn up? Or are we burning down the work? They’re looking at teams.

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