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. Managment Processes. Presentations and Briefings.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Management Processes.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. This is an edited version of a white paper I wrote with some colleagues for the PMI EMEA Summit in Barcelona. Digitalization and Collaboration. It is changing so fast that it’s hard for practitioners to keep up with the latest offerings.

Software Review 150

Software Review Software Technical Review PMI 150

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.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review 2018 Underperforming Technical Team Certification 113

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. Believing is Seeing: Confirmation Bias Studies in Software Engineering, “Magne Jørgensen and Efi Papatheocharous, 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). Better Sure than Safe?

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

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MAY 7, 2019

The reason for this resource page is the lack of understanding of how to estimate, the urban myths about software estimating, and the fallacies that estimating is not needed, when developing software, in the presence of uncertainty, when spending other peoples money. Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40