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. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Risk Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

Enhanced decision-making, risk mitigation, resource optimization, and stakeholder satisfaction that propel your projects to new heights of success and recognition. Regulatory requirements are not optional; alignment with them should always be a vital part of your risk management. The result?

Influencer 40

Influencer Governance Government Technical Review 40

MPUG

AUGUST 1, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of John Owen’s session, Simplifying Schedule Risk Analysis Using Microsoft Project Custom Fields, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. John Owen: What’s the problem that we’re trying to solve with Schedule Risk Analysis really?

Risk 40

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 40

Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2019

This is what another Scrum Master told me after we took turns during a recent training to share a success story about a Development Team. Agile software development started with developers. Agile software development started with developers. Agile software development was started by developers. We worked with .NET

SCRUM 138

SCRUM 2002 2003 2001 138

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 25, 2024

They manage the project lifecycle through planning, implementation, and tracking, facing challenges like tracking risks, allocating resources, keeping projects on schedule , and maintaining communication across teams. Product teams can utilize a product roadmap showing iterations or incremental changes to the product.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Innovation Development Team Review 2024 52

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.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

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. Train everybody–without regard to her future position– hands-on in all value-creating activities of the organization. Participation is free.). Which is legitimate.)

Agile 129

Agile Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 129

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. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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.

Software Review 97

Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review 97

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Within your history you can print or download your training transcript, and certificates of completion, including the one for today. Also, we are going to see how Microsoft Projects software that is the latest, being 2019, handles dependencies, as well as leads and lags. It will have measured risks for your project.

Software Review 52

Software Review Critical Chain Technical Review Risk Management 52

Runrun.it

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The concept originated from software development companies, who found the traditional method of project and workflow management was stifling in many situations. Needless to say, agile management and the agile squad have met with massive success not only in the software development space, but also in companies in different other industries.

Agile 20

Agile Software Review Leadership Technical Review 20

Project Management Hacks

AUGUST 4, 2016

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. Editor’s Note: Rita Mulcahy passed away in 2010. This move impacted the trajectory of my career.

2013 28

2013 2003 Technical Review 2010 28

MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Within your history, you can print or download your training history transcript and certificates of completion including the one for today. During the 2010, 2013, and all of those other fun launches as we’ve gone through and continued to advance Microsoft Project, Project Online, and all of the good Project for the web stuff.

Innovation 40

Innovation PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 40

MPUG

JULY 17, 2020

Before we begin, I would just like to remind everyone that this is a vendor showcase session, which is a little bit different then a typical MPUG training webinar. Jim is the president of Critical Tools, the makers of WBS Schedule Pro Software. My name is Kyle and I’ll be the moderator today. It’s okay to interrupt.

Software Review 52

Software Review 2014 Planning Technical Review 52

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG training series, part one, Understanding and Incorporating Agile Project Management. And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development. But it is clearly not limited to just software.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Lean Underperforming Technical Team 40

MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to part two of MPUG’s Agile training series. I think it’s important to understand that kind of a mission statement that we have is technology tools and training to maximize impact, productivity and purpose. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Software Review Engineering 40

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. So think about scrum.

Governance 62

Governance Government SCRUM Agile 62