Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

By managing the critical phase of project initiation, you'll set clear objectives, manage risks, draw in critical stakeholders, and allocate resources effectively. This roadmap guides every subsequent decision, from resource allocation to risk management, ensuring the project remains aligned with organizational goals.

Initiating 40

Initiating Technical Review Prince2 Risk Management 40

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. This can be the confidence in the estimate for any variable. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

ProProfs Project Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Ineffective corporate governance. Risk Management. You would be surprised to know that the number of organizations relying on spreadsheets to manage their projects dropped from 74% to 67% between 2017 and 2018. . It is the estimated cost of planned project activities. Unrealistic timelines. Disengaged project members.

Executing 98

Executing Underperforming Technical Team Closing Budget 98

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Take a look at our reviews of the last three ( 2016 , 2017 , 2018 ). Governance (project, program, portfolio). Risk management. Time, budget, and cost estimation. Why Did the PMI Introduce the Talent Triangle? We are big fans of the PMI’s annual ‘Pulse of the Profession’ reports. Issue Logs.

PMI 75

PMI Technical Review Certification Leadership 75

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C. Sorensen, M.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C. Sorensen, M.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Risk Management (#RM). Governance (#Governance). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Project Governance - project management is a well-defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

A recent lawsuit by Hertz Rental Car against Accenture has turned into a rallying cry by Agilest and No Estimates advocates. Root Cause Analysis is Risk Management, that asks the question what is the condition or activity that will create a risk to the success of our project? What were the selection criteria?

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The #NoEstimates Manifesto - Actually restates Best Practice for estimating and making decisions with those estimates. . Deterministic estimates are point estimates and Point estimates without a Variance are of little value in the presence of uncertainty. Estimates make use of a broad range of models and data .

Estimate 50

Estimate 2017 Governance Government 50

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. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. Carrying an Umbrella (Risk Buffer).

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

MPUG

JUNE 28, 2021

And in this particular year, which was 2017, they found that 47% of unsuccessful projects failed to meet original goals due to poor requirements. So, while this is in 2017, it might still be applicable to today. And fourthly, inaccurate cost estimates. As you see here, they govern the systems development.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Defining Project Life Cycle 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

You’re the head of operations for a top government weapons organization. But there are problems around every corner: insufficient project requirements, failure from leadership to recognize risk, managers setting poor collaboration processes, aggressive competition targeting you, and so much more. In the end, your project blows up.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review 2017 Budget Innovation 44