Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Our perception of this world - the data and information we receive about these behaviors.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. There is NO data needed to use the CoU. Past data is NOT needed to show the CoU is Value. The needed data comes from the executing program.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

Then I worked for the organization that the book is based on, wrote the first version in 2012 chapter by chapter on LeanPub and then re-wrote it for Happy Melly Express in 2014. That’s the reader’s digest of my life from 2008 to 2014. The workshop developed over time by practicing what I preach. What People Want.

Lean 60

Lean Change Management 2014 Influencer 60

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

“A Taxonomy of Threats for Complex Risk Management,” Centre for Risk Studies, Research Programme of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, June 2014. “A Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

“A Taxonomy of Threats for Complex Risk Management,” Centre for Risk Studies, Research Programme of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, June 2014. “A Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Resource Guru

MARCH 4, 2019

Unfortunately, doing so muddies the data, often leading to accidental duplication (one person filling two skills slots and getting assigned to too many projects) or a lack of optimization for that resource’s talents and productivity potential. Source: New Data Shows That Leaders Overestimate How Much Their Employees Want To Change.

2019 84

2019 Planning Software Review 2009 84

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Nature of the system to be developed - what's the basic processes of the system? The place where descriptions, such as a data dictionary, in an appendix, or incorporate them by reference. Developing a Stakeholder-Assisted Agile CONOPS Development Process," Ali Mostashari, Sara A. Market considerations - who's going to buy this?

2014 38

2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2017

The findings in this document are extracted by looking for correlations between decisions or behaviors (keeping teams stable, setting your team sizes to between five and nine, keeping your work in process— WiP—low, etc.) Let's add to that a few more Statistical Processing Issues. and outcomes as measured by the dimensions of the SDPI.

2006 37

2006 Estimate 2012 2014 37

Project Management Hacks

JUNE 16, 2016

In Ontario, a sharp decline in the number of automotive jobs prompted governments to provide billions of dollars to large car companies to boost the industry. A Fortune article reports findings from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: nearly 500,000 layoffs were announced in 2015 (an increase compared to 2014).

2012 28

2012 2014 Energy 2015 28

MPUG

JULY 17, 2020

Jim Spiller: Then, a few years ago in 2014, we took those two tools, which were always separate tools for the first 20 years or so, that would be a Schedule Pro to do work breakdown PERT Chart Expert to do network charts and we combined those into one tool called WBS Schedule Pro. That’s where the data is. I will do that.

Software Review 52

Software Review 2014 Planning Technical Review 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Management Processes (#MP). Governance (#Governance). While many of the presentations have similar titles, the content is focused on a specific set of processes and practices, while the principles are the same, since they are Immutable. . Management Processes. Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

This whole idea of inadequate baselining is some people might think it’s fraudulent, but in many ways, it’s self-fulfilling prophecy when it’s utilized so strongly as a governing agent in organizations. It isn’t heaven and earth, and your reputation will be better off in the process. It’s just baselining.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk 2016 Underperforming Technical Team 52

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The data and statistics below are sorted into categories so you can quickly skim to find the information you need. Having a knowledge transfer process in place boosts the chance of project success by over 20%. [6]. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. episteme), meaning knowledge of uncertainty due to a lack of knowledge of quantities or processes of the system or the environment.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

PM That Works

JUNE 27, 2020

But before he started that he was brought into movie pass as an interim head of debt data. Ed Vincent 1:57 It has it has so so I've been For a while now and you know, depending upon what aspect you look at the director, the director, consumer data. Let's bring him on Ed Vinson, how you doing it? Rick, how are you? Fast forward.

Infrastructure 40

Infrastructure Consulting Software Governance 40

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

The infrastructure removal program meant installing a complete wireless umbrella across several 100 square miles of property with full encrypted security while maintaining voice, data, first responder, physical, and cyber control. Use the Triangle Distribution when there is no past performance data. Analytical Hierarchical Process .

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

The infrastructure removal program meant installing a complete wireless umbrella across several 100 square miles of property with full encrypted security while maintaining voice, data, first responder, physical, and cyber control. Princeton University Press, July 21, 2014. [4] There was a banner campaign to get the message across.

Estimate 35

Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 35

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

The infrastructure removal program meant installing a complete wireless umbrella across several 100 square miles of property with full encrypted security while maintaining voice, data, first responder, physical, and cyber control. link] Capers Jones Cost Estimating tools and processes. DON'T DO STUPID THINGS ON PURPOSE (DDSTOP).

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

So start here to build your academic foundation, that can be put to work to build a foundation of validated experience of making estimates in the presence of uncertainty and protect yourself from fallacious claims that estimates are a waste, not needed, and produce bad resulting in the decision making process for those paying you to produce value.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

PM That Works

AUGUST 1, 2020

In many cases, it is not the software that is failing but the implementation limitations or processes surrounding the use of that software. Greg Spillane 16:34 Yeah, you know, I I really, I got involved in turnarounds and I guess on 2014 and, and it was completely unexpected. It's, it's not even close.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Executing Consulting Closing 40

MPUG

JANUARY 9, 2020

So we move kind of, basically through the process of looking at one of the tools that are available. As the architecture here is really designed to allow us to use a reporting tool that doesn’t care necessarily where your data comes from, is that it’s the Power BI, it can do reporting. What am I viewing?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Engineering Software Review Development Team Review 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The same process for estimating is applied to multi-billion dollar projects we work. And the same process is applied to the Scrum development processes on those projects. . Here's some materials that provide the tools and processes needed to learn how to estimate. Armour, Communications of the ACM , January 2014, Vol.

Estimate 64

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

Kyle: John joined Barbecana as CLO in 2014, and assumed the role of President, and CEO in 2019. And basically, in this particular case, it wasn’t a data entry error, or anything like that. But, you have the justification here in the historical data from similar type of work to defend that choice for estimating into the future.

Risk 52

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 52

MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

Kyle: John joined Barbecana as CLO in 2014, and assumed the role of President, and CEO in 2019. And basically, in this particular case, it wasn’t a data entry error, or anything like that. But, you have the justification here in the historical data from similar type of work to defend that choice for estimating into the future.

Risk 52

Risk Software Review Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 52

MPUG

MAY 24, 2020

So we have been nominated, Partner of the Year, in the year 2014. And they will interactively expose the organization’s data to a public, to an audience. And essentially, it lets users visualize their data across multiple dimensions. We have been nominated as Partner of the Year.

Software Review 40

Software Review Artificial Inteligence Software Developers Software Development 40