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APRIL 16, 2019

The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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AUGUST 22, 2018

At the #NoProjects #NoEstimates workshop it was mentioned that focus on "on-time, on-budget naturallt leads project to meet those goals and forget the value/benefits side of the equation. These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development.

Estimate 35

Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 35

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FEBRUARY 9, 2019

With what appears to be NO understanding of how to estimate, this author ignores the processes used in developing products or services in the presence of uncertainty. In our software-intensive system of systems domain, we develop proposals with 80% confidence of completing on time and on budget at the time of submission.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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JANUARY 23, 2019

At the #NoProjects #NoEstimates workshop it was mentioned that focus on "on-time, on-budget naturally leads the project to meet those goals and forget the value/benefits side of the equation . These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development.

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37