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. Project Performance Management. Agile Project Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

By advocating for open communication, stakeholder engagement, and performance measurement, these systems empower the project owners and project management teams to take ownership of their roles and responsibilities. Project planning involving agility and adaptability involves stakeholder communication at another level.

Governance 52

Governance Government Risk Management 2015 52

Herding Cats

AUGUST 19, 2016

Here's two recent ones I've encountered with some Agile and #NoEstimates advocates. Rarely the case in software development, where Little's Law is misused often. The OP claimed Goodhart's Law was the source of most of the problems with software development. No measures of effectiveness. No measures of performance.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Estimate Software Developers Software Development 28

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Agile Project Management. Project Management Software & Tools. 19% say Agile techniques. Agile Project Management. 38% of organizations report using agile frequently. [6]. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Other – 6%.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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." Macroeconomics is not. .

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

Research shows that for projects, especially software projects Aleatory uncertainty is the predominant source of risk. All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. Software Risk Management , Barry W.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43