Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. Project management conflict examples in the Concept Phase First up, the Concept or Initiation Phase.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 326

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. reducible and irreducible ? De Meyer, C.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

In my previous blog post, Creating Personal Time Management Techniques , 2 we contemplated ancient wisdom rooted in knowing yourself and others. Intelligent collaboration and risk management strategies require us, among other things, to perceive relationships, learn quickly and act upon relevant information. About the Author.

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2022 2012 Transportation 2015 146

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative. Project manager: the person leading the project (you).

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. Introductory project management courses. Agile Software Development - goes over fundamental agile concepts to enhance your software development skills.

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Certification Technical Review Lean Software Review 252

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Eugene Bounds and Steve Ackert Recently, the buzzword artificial intelligence (AI) has been on everyone’s minds, not just in the tech world but across many industries, including project management. 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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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review ChatGPT Generative AI 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2019

And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. Project Management Conflict Examples in the Concept Phase. The sponsor and the project manager.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 2012 288

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.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This time last year I reviewed the trends in social and collaborative technology in the project management space: some of my predictions had come to nothing and it was interesting to look backward and hold myself accountable for what I said would happen. The APM has already made huge inroads to gaining Chartered status for Project Managers.

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2017 2015 Technical Review 2012 150

nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. Check it out: 16 Best Business Management Software to Use in 2021. This brings us to point number two.

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Planning Agile 2021 2012 78

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

by Meredith Malinawan, PMP In the fast-evolving landscape of project management, one cannot merely rely on a one-size-fits-all approach. Even as an experienced project manager looking to improve your methodology, it can be challenging to tailor your approach to meet the unique needs of every project. What is Tailoring?

Governance 52

Governance Government Software Review Technical Review 52

nTask

DECEMBER 29, 2020

These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. Check it out: 16 Best Business Management Software to Use in 2021. This brings us to point number two.

Planning 78

Planning Agile 2012 Technical Review 78

Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As a project manager, you know time is money. This clash between expectations and reality quickly leads to project issues and failure, causing stress for everyone involved and putting you at risk of losing revenue, or even clients. As part of the triple constraints of project management , timing can either make or break a project.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2012 98

Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Project managers generally like plans and estimates so we can forecast when things should be done and how much they may cost. It helps manage client expectations and answer the type of questions they ask, such as " When will it be done? " and " How much will it cost? So then I felt conflicted.

Estimate 131

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 131

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2019

This means conveying confidence is an essential trait for a project manager because a large part of our work is in winning over team members, stakeholders, and clients to our point of view. Often, the stereotype of a project manager can be one of a brash, arrogant professional. But we know the truth of it. I don’t like this.

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2012 Controlling Software Review Influencer 242

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As we step into 2019, what project management statistics should you be aware of? The field of project management is changing, and it’s changing fast. To answer these questions, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the latest project management statistics. Project Management Adoption Statistics. Wellingtone ).

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI 2018 PMO 127

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

DA was developed in 2011 by Scott Ambler and Mark Lines and is based on Scott’s work at Rational Software and IBM. The Project Management Institute acquired DA in 2019 to extend its agile capabilities. Dean Leffingwell released the first version of SAFe in 2012. Interestingly, Dean also worked at Rational.

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Agile Cadence Certification Lean 59

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

AUGUST 1, 2018

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. One chapter on the Principles of Risk Management and the second chapter on the Practices of Risk Management.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Stable industries require a well-defined, largely predictive approach to managing projects. Less stable environments, by contrast, require a more adaptive approach – to both strategy and project management. Project Management and the Rule of Three and Four.

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Executing Planning 2012 Lean 97

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

So COMMON SENSE should be at the forefront to manage the perception of how these activities are facilitated. Online gaming collaboration can be traced back to the introduction of the personal computer and software developers and came to life in the early 1990s when the Internet was introduced. E= Every.

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Software Review 2004 2012 PMI 121

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Plans don't guarantee creative success - creative efforts operate in an economy - as system where people manage limited resources to maximize return and growth. Loss of control creates risk of failure. Compensate for cost variation by including risk reduction metrics. The Agile Cannon is composed of 5 elements. Forces on WIP .

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A few standouts : Back in 2012, Best Buy seemed to be on its deathbed. Clearly, companies wanting to remain competitive in the digital age and beyond are investing heavily into process automation and workflow technology — and transforming the role of the project manager in the process. . Digital transformation and project management.

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2012 2014 Retail 2017 69

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Traditional project management approaches, several of which are based on a strong belief in the cone of uncertainty, advocate stronger project control and greater planning. Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Project management is a discipline loaded with acronyms: PMP, PRINCE2, CPM, WBS, PMBOK, PMI… and about 150 others. Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. PMO stands for “project management office.” Project and Program Managers. What is PMO?”

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PMO Artificial Inteligence 2016 2018 64

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

This ignores the principles of predictive analytics, and the direct management actions taken to produce outcomes from those analytical models found everywhere from project management to grocery store management and the model-based systems engineering. In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes.

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Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. What factors lead to software project failure?” All for the want of a nail.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering provides an approach to making the decision about what's in the ConOps and its format based on some Systems Engineering analysis of criteria: Program risks - reducible and irreducible uncertainties that create these risks. IT Risk Management. McComb, Deanna M.

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2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

nTask

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It’ll be worth your time, especially if you are looking to start for the first time as an aspiring project manager. I call newbies, the misguided project managers because there are tons of certifications to choose from. Colin Bentley put up a very interesting question about the dilemma of project management in his book.

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Prince2 Certification 2019 Controlling 68

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." Boehm, Barry W.

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Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Proofhub

MAY 14, 2018

It completely destroys our health goal: stores huge fat, depleting your energy, lurks in the shadow, more risk of heart stroke, kicking out your concentration, and other undesirable things. According to a survey by the American Psychological Association (APA), in 2012, 65% of Americans said that work was a top stressor. Try ProofHub.

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2006 2012 Energy Controlling 60

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. Uncertainty creates Risk. Risk management requires active reduction of risk. This extended post covers. Measure of Effectiveness.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . Software Risk Management , Barry W.

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Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

As managers, we may only be interested in 80% of the possible value. In our current domain, the primary tool used to develop the needed margins, assess the impacts of risk reduction activities, find blocking steps and a variety of other reducible and irreducible uncertainties is Monet Carlo Simulation. That date was August 14, 1908.

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