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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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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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.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

AHP was developed in the 1970s by Dr. Thomas Saaty. In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. Using this method, the performance, cost, time, and risks of alternatives can be articulated as ratios that can then be compared with one another. Risk assessment can be made with Ordinal value as well.

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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.

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

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 Software Developers Software Development 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. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C. Sorensen, M.

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Proofhub

AUGUST 20, 2018

It may sound strange but in 2017 only 21% of all organizations used common practices. Thus, it gives more opportunities to estimate a project and realize how it is developing. Kanban, probably, is one of the easiest ways to break down projects into tasks even without specialized software. Easiness to work with.

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2017 Manufacturing Software Risk Management 60

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes. A second Critical Success Factor is the ability to predict what will happen in the future given the model of the project's activities and risks and the alternative designed as well as emerging designs and external processes. . This is the desired outcomes model.

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Workzone

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Acquired by Planview in 2017, Leankit was added to Planview’s productivity suite to attract engineers and maximize Leankit’s lean project management approach which emphasizes optimization and eliminating waste. Clarizen provides cross-deparment insights to determine risk, scope, size and estimates. FunctionFox.

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2020 Lean Software Developers Software Development 38

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. . A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Enthusiasm for new software capabilities is a good thing.

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Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

Sure – but the risks outweigh the time and resource investment. Top 3 Benefits of Project Management Software. Visibility – Views like an all project dashboard lets you know what’s happening across all your projects so you can identify at-risk projects before they become problems. user per month.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Software 26

Workzone

APRIL 23, 2020

I also feel it’s really easy to sit down with someone and map out a new project, including dependent tasks, hour estimates, and so on, without having to worry that it will be a pain for someone to implement – we can brainstorm how things will go, map it out, then simply drop it into the system ”. Pricing: Ranges from Free – $20.83/user

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Risk Management (#RM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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.

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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.

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Risk Up Front: Managing Projects in a Complex World. Published date: 2017 (6th edition). 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: 2017.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

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

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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