The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI is a branch of computer science that focuses on providing computer hardware and software with the ability to execute intelligent tasks with Generative AI (GenAI) learning and improving with each query. For over a quarter of a century, the Standish Group has tracked, reported, and improved software-intensive project success rates. [1]

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

It’s a popular search engine as well: people can find ‘how to’ videos on practically anything, from understanding that complicated functionality within your enterprise project management tool to learning how to crochet turning chains. There is an upwards trend towards visual communication. Screen capture from Alexa.com, 17 September 2017.

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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. Don't hear one?

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Proofhub

APRIL 6, 2022

Software as a service has been the fastest-growing segment since 2010, and businesses are now investing 50% more in these cloud-based technologies than they did a couple of years ago. It’s important to use well-informed content to educate your target audience about how the software works and how it can benefit their business.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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 ‒ Steve McConnell. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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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."

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

From 2010 to 2017, I worked several years in three Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. How-to #6: Sound Engineering Practices. The typical sales pitch goes like this: “we need CRM software, and why would we build something that we can license anyway?”

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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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

Research shows that for projects, especially software projects Aleatory uncertainty is the predominant source of risk. So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. Software Risk Management , Barry W.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. 3, March 2002.

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Binfire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the past twelve months, we have been hard at work to create a new online project management software , one we are aiming to be the best Asana Alternative! If you are not familiar with Binfire we have been in business since 2010 (longer than Asana). We are an all engineering company, unlike Asana which is a marketing-driven company.

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Binfire

AUGUST 20, 2017

2- Binfire – Binfire was founded in 2010 by David Robins. Most of the engineering team working on Binfire’s projects is located in multiple locations. 4- DaPulse – DaPulse is a relatively new entry to project management software market. Basecamp is a socially committed corporation and is well-respected.

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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. Agile Project Management is Systems Engineering? Capabilities Based Planning.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2023

Mit der Hilfe von Requirement Engineers oder Business-Analysten sammelt er alle Anforderungen im Detail, die an das Produkt gestellt werden, und erstellt einen Projektplan. Eine Software wie Windows 95, die im Jahr 1995 als benutzerfreundlich galt, begeistert heute, gut 25 Jahre nach ihrer Einführung, kaum noch Anwender.

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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”). The presidents are always dead presidents.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Nord, CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , May/June 2013.

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Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

In my over 25+ years in the software industry, this has been an all too familiar situation! I have often wondered – doesn’t speak too well of us as software professionals! However, the fact is that software development is a complex activity – perhaps more so than any other type of projects? Our Kanban Journey.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

The Cone of Uncertainty,” Stephen Gryphon, Phillippe Kruchten, and Steve McConnell, Letters, IEEE Software , 23 (5) 2006, pp 8?10. Shrinking the Cone of Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment for Software Team Dynamics in Design and Development,” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn,”Ph.D. 37–48, 2007.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. Engineering. Project Management Software & Tools. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5]. Most-Wanted Features in Project Management Software: 1. Between 2010 and 2020, 15.7

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the years Wunderlist which was funded in 2010 had a strong following and was considered a good to-do list. In addition one of our application engineers will give you an online crash course on how to use Binfire effectively. But like everything Microsoft buys, it was neglected and fell behind the competition.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 10, 2019

I first met Rich Sheridan when we toured Menlo Innovations as part of a career transformation program I was leading in 2010, called “Shifting Gears.” As I like to say, when the Titanic sank, it took a perfectly good engine room with it, and it wasn’t the engine room’s fault. We knew we could do it again.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For software projects, Scrum can be used. Explaining KPPs, KSAs, MOEs, and MOPs , John's Ho[kins Whiting Schools of Engineering. Risk-Informed Decision Making , NASA/SP-2010-576. In our space and defense domain, we have an increasing maturity of the deliverables captures in the Integrated Master Plan. Resources .

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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. And if the competitor is shipping software with greater value, how does the Cone impact that? 37-48, 2007. 37-48, 2007. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012.

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nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

This helped us to simplify how nTask project management software can be used for solving such issues. 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. Waterfall is a popular SDLC project management model.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 8, 2017

I work in a domain where systems are engineered for the customer. These systems fall into the Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) category. The notion that innovation and engineering - software engineering - are somehow in conflict is common. . In this domain innovative is also the basis of success.

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Resource Guru

AUGUST 10, 2023

per person per month Master: Starts at $10 per person per month “With the Guru software we get better insights into our daily planning. 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. Great tool & easy to use.”

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Flight software is always an issue where we work, so those ranges are wider even more. Getting the software qualified is about the same variability as getting it certified, so the same range is used. This is a Closed Loop Control Systems for managing the performance of a Software Intensive System of Systems, all developed using Scrum.

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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. Peter Drucker (1975) Management (From The Principles of Software Engineering , Chapter 6, Tom Glib, 1988). 1] Control or Economic Law Paperback, Eugen von Boehm-Bawerk, 2010. [2] Related articles. What is a Team?

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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. The COCOMO 2.0

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Wrike

AUGUST 14, 2020

Toyota was looking for a way to improve their engineering and production processes. Anderson is often credited as being the first to implement Kanban in software development in 2005. His book on Kanban , published in 2010, is still one of the most comprehensive resources out there for technology-focused projects.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 29, 2018

Which makes sense—after all, Microsoft Project was the go-to project management software for years. Scheduling: Once all the tasks are assigned estimates based on effort and best/worst case scenarios, the LiquidPlanner scheduling engine rolls up all that information and provides predictive finish dates for the entire project.

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EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Agile is most popular in the software industry, but it has found homes in the information technology, engineering, product development, and marketing industries to name a few. The Project Management Institute summarized the agile manifesto as follows: Satisfying customers with timely and accurate delivery of software.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. The Engineering Reason for the Cone of Uncertainty Model and the Value it Provides the Designing Makers. Resources.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. The Engineering Reason for the Cone of Uncertainty Model and the Value it Provides the Designing Makers. Resources.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. The Engineering Reason for the Cone of Uncertainty Model and the Value it Provides the Designing Makers. Resources.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Software Development (#ASD). Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT).

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