MPUG

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Microsoft has not developed any significant new features in Microsoft Project since 2013 (seven years ago!!) Given the fact that there are an estimated 30 Million users of Microsoft Project worldwide, the user community is large and vibrant. Let’s not forget that is ten years ago now!

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Project Bliss

APRIL 18, 2017

In 2013 he wrote a series of blog posts on data conversion that were created “in response to various requests from colleagues, customers, and project teams for more detailed information.” We need a way to make good estimates, make a plan and follow it. There he shares a ton of great information, both his own and from other writers.

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Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2018

“A Study Of Uncertainty And Risk Management Practice Relative To Perceived Project Complexity,” A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Craig Michael Harvett, Bond University May 2013. You cannot manage in the presence of uncertainty without making estimates (start with the materials above and do your own research). .

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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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Stepping Into Project Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

Additionally, it’s a great way to train team members to provide estimates after going through the requirements in detail. Track the consumption of the buffer percentage and determine if the team is estimating correctly, and if they are clear about the user stories. Prioritize retrospectives. Determine the happiness index.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Integrating Agile with EVM , EVM World, 2013. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Agile Projects using the SRDR and Earned Value Management , PSM Users Group 2017, 12-16 June 2017, Crystal City, VA. How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need ?

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Of course, all three of these are operating in the presence of uncertainty and therefore require estimates to be made. Estimates of the aleatory and epistemic uncertainties that create risk to the delivered Value need to be handled. 6] "Lecture Note for Introduction to Decision Theory," Itzhak Gilboa, March 6, 2013, [link]. [7]

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Leading Answers

MAY 26, 2020

In 2013, my home town of Canmore, Canada experienced a freak weather event when three storm systems became stuck in place for days, creating unprecedented rain and flooding. Scientists estimated that the likelihood of it ever happening again is tiny.

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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

JULY 28, 2018

Managing in the presence of Uncertainty requires making estimates. . A Study Of Uncertainty And Risk Management Practice Relative To Perceived Project Complexity,” A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Craig Michael Harvett, Bond University May 2013. Be an adult, learn to estimate so you can manage risk.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. Roeser et al (eds), Springer Briefs in Philosophy, 2013. Emmons, Thomas A.

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Teamweek

MARCH 8, 2024

Timely is an AI-powered time tracking app founded in 2013 by Mathias Mikkelsen. It offers various AI tools that automatically sort your tracked memories into time entries and generate actual time estimates based on historical data, project complexity, and your team’s capabilities. AI-powered time tracking software.”?‍?

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. Roeser et al (eds), Springer Briefs in Philosophy, 2013. Emmons, Thomas A.

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Stepping Into Project Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The right complexity point during estimations didn’t matter, as long as everyone was talking and participating. Pexels.com In 2013, Rosabeth Moss Kanter published an article in the Harvard Business Review about how the happiest people seek out the most complex problems. Everyone’s opinion mattered. And our work wasn’t virtual anymore.

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Teamweek

MARCH 5, 2024

Timely is an AI-powered time tracking app founded in 2013 by Mathias Mikkelsen. It offers various AI tools that automatically sort your tracked memories into time entries and generate actual time estimates based on historical data, project complexity, and your team’s capabilities. AI-powered time tracking software.”?‍?

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PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

Not only were they able to evaluate complexity, but they also used the data to estimate resources and project duration in a matter of minutes. For experienced and mature department heads and their reliance on internal knowledge and past experiences, they will be able to formulate an overall resource plan along with a ballpark cost estimate.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 3, 2016

This Integrated Program Management Conference (IPMC) 2013 presentation addresses the issues of managing these programs in the presence of uncertanty. . When we hear estimates are hard, we're not good at estimating, estimates are possibly misused, or any other dysfunction around estimating, they're just symptoms of the problem.

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Deep Fried Brain

OCTOBER 29, 2013

PMI-ACP Lessons Learned: I'm pleased to inform you that I PASSED the PMI-ACP exam yesterday (Oct 28, 2013), couple weeks earlier than my original estimate. Passing any exam is a matter of.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

The paper on the Cone of Uncertainty is used by many in the No Estimates community as an example of why estimates are of little use. In this paper, there is data that does not follow the Cone of Uncertainty, in that the uncertainty of the estimates does not reduce as the project proceeds. Then there is some analysis.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Prototype of a Graphical CONOPS (Concept of Operations) Development Environment for Agile Systems Engineering," Final Technical Report SERC-2013-TR-030-2 August 30, 2013. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Kennedy, Robert Cloutier, and Peter Korfiatis, Systems Engineering , Vol.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Lecture Notes for Introduction to Decision Theory ," Itzhak Gilboa, 6 March 2013. Lind, William G. Marchal, and Samuel A. Wathen, Chapter 20, .

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MindGenius

JUNE 20, 2019

The Purpose of Management Review The value of the information security management system (ISMS) Management Review is often under-estimated. The management review must follow a standard format that looks at the expectations of the ISO 27001:2013. What should be included in the Management Review?

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This is back in 2013. Each side of the pyramid is 767 ft long, it’s as tall as a 40 story building, and it has an estimated 2.5 Estimates put the workforce at up to 40,000 people at the height of construction. It’s estimated by 2050 it’ll be over 50%. And you know, with bottled water, I’ve got sort of history.

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Wrike

AUGUST 7, 2019

By setting a strong process from the start, clients will be delighted and trust in your expertise, and the consistency will help your team better estimate resources. billion in 2016, the industry saw its slowest growth since 2013. Your team will be able to estimate labor and visually identify potential roadblocks. postbanner].

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

It’s 2013 report, ‘The High Cost of Low Performance’ led to some big conclusions, and a number of in depth reports that included: Navigating Complexity. Time, budget, and cost estimation. Why Did the PMI Introduce the Talent Triangle? Take a look at our reviews of the last three ( 2016 , 2017 , 2018 ).

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

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Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

I have extracted estimates of the data by reading from that chart, for the two highest level metrics ( ‘Met original goals/business intent’ and ‘Deemed failures’ ). Though the 9.9% wastage figure above is startling, it represents a decrease of 27%, from 13.5% They waste less money and enjoy better business outcomes.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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. The BLUE bars are the probabilistic ranges of the current estimate date.

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Project Management Essentials

AUGUST 3, 2019

In 2013, Mike Cohn coined the term scrum smells to describe the signs that a scrum team is in trouble. If the team is struggling to estimate effort using Planning Poker, they may propose an alternate sizing tool. Experienced agile coaches and practitioners develop a sixth-sense. Becoming a good Scrum Master can be a Catch 22.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates. So when people are asked how much time something will take, and they are offered an initial estimate of 20 days, their own estimates will gravitate towards that number. . Examples in the workplace. Liersch, M.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The previous approaches to project performance management and production of the Estimate to Complete and Estimate at Completion make use of past performance. 413-426, 2013. Estimating Models for Program Management," Norman Womer and Jeff Cman, Final Technical Reports, N00014-00-1-0280, Unversity of Mississippi, 2003.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Take adequate time to make reasonable and realistic estimates: Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve in resource management, but you should still aim for it. Once project priorities have been clarified, take adequate time to estimate schedules and budget. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Stepping Into Project Management

JANUARY 13, 2014

Two common project management issues that I continually struggle with are estimating the level of effort and duration when working with a team of all part-time team members, a topic discussed in the book, and working with first time project team members with limited or no project management knowledge, which is one of the reasons for the book.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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MPUG

APRIL 20, 2020

It exemplifies Little’s Law, which states that average work in progress equals the product of average flow rate and average flow time (Cahon and Terwiesch, 2013). Agile Estimating and Planning. The graph below illustrates the fundamental relationship of these variables. Flow time is the horizontal distance. Baker, Kenneth R.

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MPUG

JUNE 30, 2019

Organize, estimate, and schedule work, resources, and costs to ensure projects are completed according to plan. Microsoft Project 2013. Project Standard 2013: Allows a single-user to easily create modern reports to measure progress and communicate project details effectively with your team and stakeholders. Improved Reporting.

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