Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I eventually learned it stood for “Scientific Wild-A** Guess,” which really meant a high-level estimate, a ball-park number, or guesstimate. A Lessons Learned Register : Review lessons learned from past projects or from a Lessons Learned Register to find effective estimates for resources and durations.

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Software Review Estimate 2017 Technical Review 69

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.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems.

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Process Agile 2011 Aerospace 39

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. Delivery Time over Development Time.

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Herding Cats

MAY 29, 2018

From The Order of Time , Carlo Rovelli , Riverhead Books, 2017. In the presence of irreducible and reducible uncertainties of nature, as well as the projects we work, calculating the mathematical outcomes from our decision means making estimates. Software economics: status and prospects," B. IT Risk Management.

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2017 Estimate Manufacturing Software Developers 28

Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager or team member tired of projects that get out of control, consume resources, and seem to go far beyond their original scope? Discover the secrets to initiating a project that will succeed and make you a leading project manager in your organization.

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Initiating Technical Review Prince2 Risk Management 40

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. Brown and his book The Handbooks of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management and my review of the same book. This decision model for software development projects addressed: performance, cost, time, and risk.

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Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

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. These principles originate in: .

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) Jump to a section: The best books for mastering the fundamentals of project management.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

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.

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Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

MAY 29, 2018

From The Order of Time , Carlo Rovelli , Riverhead Books, 2017. In the presence of irreducible and reducible uncertainties of nature, as well as the projects we work, calculating the mathematical outcomes from our decision means making estimates. Software economics: status and prospects," B. IT Risk Management.

2017 19

2017 Estimate Manufacturing Software Developers 19

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. These principles originate in: .

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Proofhub

AUGUST 20, 2018

Have you already realized that project management is not something purely professional? Have you noticed that projects are already everywhere and everyone can be named a project manager? Here comes one of the most crucial points: planning and implementing project management practices. What project management practices exist?

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2017 Manufacturing Software Risk Management 60

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

This ignores the principles of predictive analytics, and the direct management actions taken to produce outcomes from those analytical models found everywhere from project management to grocery store management and the model-based systems engineering. In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes.

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Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Workzone

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Who wants to talk that way about their project management software? And on today’s teams, many people aren’t professional project managers but are building projects and teams. And on today’s teams, many people aren’t professional project managers but are building projects and teams.

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2020 Lean Software Developers Software Development 38

Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

As of January 2022, there are over 450 project management software solutions on the market, according to Software Advice ! With so many choices available, you’re likely wondering which software is right for your team. With so many choices available, you’re likely wondering which software is right for your team.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Software 26

Workzone

APRIL 23, 2020

There are over 400 project management software solutions on the market, as of April 2020, according to Software Advice. With so many choices available, you’re likely wondering which software is right for your team. With so many choices available, you’re likely wondering which software is right for your team.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Technical Review 26