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. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 1, 2016

The CHAOS Reports have been published every year since 1994 and are a snapshot of the state of the software development industry. The Standish Group 2015 Chaos Report studied 50,000 projects around the world, ranging from small enhancements to massive systems implementations. What are your most significant risks?

Underperforming Technical Team 150

Underperforming Technical Team 2015 Software Review Budget 150

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

2003 46

2003 2014 2015 2011 46

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By 2015, Atlassian went public. Today, in 2023, Jira stands as arguably the most preferred project management software globally. Deciphering Agile Project Management Agile is an iterative approach, particularly effective for software development projects.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review 2002 Manufacturing 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Loss of control creates risk of failure. Compensate for cost variation by including risk reduction metrics. Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5] Embrace objectivity. Proactively Experiment to Improve.

Agile 61

Agile 2009 2008 2011 61

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Risk Management is how Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. There are two kinds of uncertainty on all projects, no matter the domain, including software development projects. Both these drivers of risk will impact the probability of success of projects. Risk Management is Project Management for Adults.

2009 28

2009 2015 Influencer Performance Measurement 28

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Or ANY software project for that matter. This last formula is universal and can be used no matter the software development method. This uncertainty creates risk and as stated here often. Risk Management is How Adults Mange Projects - Time Lister. Financial Forecasts and Projections, AT §301.06, AICPA, 2015.

Estimate 36

Estimate 2015 2017 Governance 36

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2018

There's a fallacy used by some in the software development business, that estimates are not needed to make decisions in the presence of uncertainty. These planning and controls activities always take place in the presence of uncertainty, which of course creates risk. Determinism was debunked long ago.

Estimate 39

Estimate 2015 Controlling Closing 39

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.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

ActiveCollab

JUNE 20, 2017

In Scrum, teams develop software in sprints and release what they’ve worked on every two weeks. This way, customers get bug fixes and new features as soon as they’re done, and there’s less risk altogether. Scrum is the most popular agile project management framework that’s used in software development organizations.

SCRUM 51

SCRUM Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 51

Herding Cats

AUGUST 19, 2016

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. Is this macroeconomic model a correct operational model for software development processes - measuring changes the target ?

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Estimate Software Developers Software Development 28

MPUG

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Claudia has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry and has held executive positions in product management, marketing, business development, and general management at companies such as IBM, Rational Software, Interleaf, Compuware and Gomez. Great quote from Bill Gates back in 2015, eh? Or risk management plan.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Risk Management 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

ActiveCollab

JUNE 20, 2017

In Scrum, teams develop software in sprints and release what they’ve worked on every two weeks. This way, customers get bug fixes and new features as soon as they’re done, and there’s less risk altogether. Scrum is the most popular agile project management framework that’s used in software development organizations.

SCRUM 28

SCRUM Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 28

Project Management Hacks

AUGUST 4, 2016

2015 Revenue: over $47 billion U.S. Through many discussions with my husband – who works in software development – I discovered an interest in the technology field. I led an effort to develop a risk-based software development process. In 2013 , the company delivered 1.5 million items on Mother’s Day.

2013 28

2013 2003 Technical Review 2010 28

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. 64% of organizations say they frequently conduct risk management. [6]. Dynamic Systems Development Method – 3%. Managing small, low-risk projects. Managing medium-size, moderate-risk projects. Project Management Software & Tools. Agile Project Management.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

In 2015 I wrote an article intending to debunk some common myths about project management. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development is a curation of specific software delivery values and principles. Make it a goal unto itself and the downstream impacts might result in worse outcomes than your current state.

Agile 176

Agile 2001 2015 Software Developers 176

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

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.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Risk Up Front: Managing Projects in a Complex World. If you’re also interested in Agile project management, pair the PMBOK with the PMI’s new Agile Practice Guide or our own Guide on How to Pick the Software Development Process that’s Right For you. Published date: 2015. Published date: 2015. Author: Brett Harned.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Portfolio Office Manager (PfM) is an employee who administers projects and programs in a portfolio in terms of risk, benefit, and performance management and reports on the results to the portfolio director and often workes together with a portfolio office analyst. You can guess their main focus of work by their titles.

PMO 82

PMO 2007 Controlling Construction 82

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. 61, September 2004.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Runrun.it

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The concept originated from software development companies, who found the traditional method of project and workflow management was stifling in many situations. Cuts down on personnel risk and knowledge risk. Personnel risk is when team members call in sick or need time off, or even resign from their post.

Agile 20

Agile Software Review Leadership Technical Review 20

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

MPUG

MAY 24, 2020

And we have been finalists for 2015, 2017 and 2018 as well. Raphael Santos: I have created some visualizations with Project and Visio, for example, have created some visualizations that allows us to create a risk matrix reports in Project Online. We have been nominated as Partner of the Year. And I say, “Hmm, that’s nice.

Software Review 40

Software Review Artificial Inteligence Software Developers Software Development 40