Epicflow Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Let’s consider an example: when a person undergoes medical treatment, the success of the endeavor will depend on the doctor’s expertise, the quality of medication, and the patient’s diligence in following the doctor’s recommendations. Let’s take a closer look at those that matter most for successful multi-project management.

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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. reducible and irreducible ? De Meyer, C.

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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." Boehm, Barry W.

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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. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MARCH 14, 2019

Experienced managers know the value of the ‘elevator view’, that is, knowing when to press the button for the top floor to look down at the bigger picture, and when to descend to the ground floor to get down ‘amongst the weeds’. Strategic Risk Management. Can we ever achieve this ideal world?

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Risk Management Risk 2017 Technical Review 43

International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). We can say the Agile methods have well-interpreted the so-called Copernican Revolution in management.

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Innovation Agile 2002 2001 59

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. When the members manage to successfully navigate the conflicts from this stage, they move into the norming stage. This effect is stronger for smaller teams than larger teams.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. Benefits of Project Management. —1A. Project Management Methodologies. —1B. Project Management Best Practices. —1C.

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 20, 2024

Malinawan, PMP They say a project manager spends 90% of their time on project communication. Yet, project managers struggle with keeping all stakeholders on the same page, leading to miscommunication that delays even the most meticulously planned projects. Ready to revolutionize project communication management? By: Meredith G.

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Communications Management 2005 2008 Technical Review 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. 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.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

According to a common and general definition, Team Management can be seen as the ability of an individual (manager) or of an organization to lead a group of people to accomplishing a task or common goal. Good management of a team means to do the best by and for the employees. By Luigi Morsa.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Technical Review 2002 52

Teamweek

JUNE 25, 2020

And, while Asana is a great tool for micro-managing work, more creative teams are looking for Asana alternatives that allow better freedom at work. This article also covers: Features to look for in a project management tool for creative teams And, reasons why you may want to look at Asana alternatives. Let’s begin. Ease of use.

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PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. It can also indicate potential risks to existing projects. Introduction.

2016 52

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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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2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

MPUG

JULY 30, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG vendor showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance. Rich: Okay, Kyle.

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Governance Government Software Review Software 52

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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MPUG

JULY 30, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG vendor showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance. Rich: Okay, Kyle.

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Governance Government Software Review Software 52

International Institute for Learning

APRIL 17, 2020

Over more than three decades working internationally as an engineer, project manager, trainer and coach, one of the major things that I have observed is the importance of the language barrier, particularly from a “Discounting level 1 & 2” point of view. We prefer nouns to verbs: “Who is your Manager?” The Language Barrier.

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2013 Engineering Software Review Energy 55

Wrike

MARCH 14, 2019

As a result, they’re missing out on rapid, innovative cloud solutions to challenges like scalability, software updates, mobile connectivity, etc. This point of view is why Wrike has always been at the forefront of collaborative work management security. Securing the collaborative work management space.

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Stepping Into Project Management

JUNE 18, 2018

This is a Guest Post by Fred Wilson, who is an Agile & Software Consultant at Ntask. He is also an avid reader and often write about productivity, project management and collaboration. Project management defines an altogether different experience for every professional. These are the 7 most common myths I found: 1.

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Wrike

JUNE 3, 2021

The information technology or IT team is important in every workplace, and especially in an IT project management setup. IT ticketing tools help record, manage, and resolve customer issues, user requests, or technical problems. There’s no point in introducing new software if your team cannot measure the results.

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Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

Compared to Scrum, Kanban is a young work-management method. Anderson best articulated its application to software development, in 2013, in the foundational book Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business, and its adoption hasn’t been as universal as Scrum’s during the early days of Agile software development.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

mpp) are proprietary, so there is compatibility issues if you open a project in another workstation that does not contain the software. SharePoint Designer 2013 needs to be used to build custom lifecycle workflows, it is clunky, out of date and not intuitive and normally requires a 3rd party to develop the workflows.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2019 2013 Technical Review 52

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Because project management is such a multifaceted role that works with many different stakeholders, we’ve included both PM and non-PM resources. Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not by Andy Crowe. Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager by Kory Kogen.

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Technical Review 2018 Underperforming Technical Team Certification 113

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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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.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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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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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

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. . Monte Carlo simulation on projects examines all paths through the network of activities or all possible states of the project for the duration, cost, and risk that create impacts on duration and cost.

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Technical Review 2010 Estimate Software Review 43

Project Management Hacks

AUGUST 4, 2016

Leigh Espy, FedEx Project Manager. What is like to work as a project manager? In today’s article, you will hear directly from Leigh Espy about her journey into project management success at FedEx. In 2013 , the company delivered 1.5 In 2003, I managed a project to set up a new customer at my company’s data center.

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2013 2003 Technical Review 2010 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 21, 2016

Here's another trail being ridden by our son at Nationals in 2013. Stability is a relative term, depending on speed, terrain, skill, risk taking tolerance, experience, technical equipment, and other intangible factors. The notion of Control is missed used in software development projects. What's coming due? A big drop.

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Controlling Technical Review Estimate 2013 42

MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in technical category and the MPUG activity code for claiming this session is on the screen now.

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Estimate Software Review Risk Management Risk 52

MPUG

JULY 9, 2020

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. The MPUG activity code for claiming this session is on the screen. He’s a leader in the field of project management and is recognized as a Microsoft Project expert.

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Initiating Software Review Application Development Risk Management 52

MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tad Haas’ How Innovation & Portfolio Management Office Underpins Corporate Success webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Today’s session is eligible for 3/4 of a PMI PDU in the strategic category, and the code to claim that is on the screen now.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG training series, part one, Understanding and Incorporating Agile Project Management.

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