Herding Cats

JULY 16, 2017

The GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide has 12 steps. There are not specific to Agile Software Development. This is connected to the Financial Plan for earning back the investment of the development. Agile teams, for the most part, are a fixed set of resources, so the spending plan is essentially Flat.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 8, 2017

It's popular to speak about the Agile Manifesto and the 12 Principles of Agile. When we hear that the next big thing in agile is Not Estimating, let's look to see how those 12 Principles can be applied without those estimates? . 12 Principles of Agile. How estimates help implement these principles.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 18, 2017

There is a posted question at an agile conference. Can you make a decision without an estimate? Like many discussions in the domain of agile, the statement is made without any evidence that it is true, nor can even be true in principle. Don't assume, Estimate. This type of fallacy is common. . First a principle.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? Then on to the original conjecture for No Estimates from Paul's post. That is, to make decision with “No estimates”.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the digital transformation market was estimated at a whopping $731.1 However, as IT projects often require a deeper understanding of technology, many IT PMs have a background in software development or IT support. In the agile world, you’ll start your daily standups and complete your first sprints.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 10, 2017

Let's look at what estimates are needed to answer each of the Five questions: Principle. Estimate Needed To Answer The Question. A core principle of Managerial Finance is Value cannot be determined without knowing the Cost to achieve that Value. . You can't apply risk management without estimating. Good question.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between. These systems are developed for external and internal customers.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? An estimate is. It's a fallacy.

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Leading Answers

MAY 1, 2020

Neither black nor white, predictive nor agile, project managers are increasingly finding themselves in the gray area of hybrid project management. In project environments, the use of both predictive approaches and agile approaches results in a hybrid approach. Does it include finance, HR and sales?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

A critical success factor for a software development project is how it is funded. In this blog I’ll explore several common options for funding software development projects. An important business agility principle is that context counts. Requires stakeholders to actively monitor and govern the team’s finances. ·In

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations.   Agile Transformations. The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

SAs an early user (as a FORTRAN 77 developer on Software Intensive System of Systems for Ballistic Missle Defense systems), the principles of Iterative and incremental development, emergent requirements, customer in the loop , and other principles, practices, and processes found in Agile started long before the Agile Manifesto.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

First let’s keep the concept of ROI basic, which is in this context: Applying this equation to a real-life example, if the cost for rolling out a SMILE activity = $10,000 and the estimated value of the program is $100,000 (considering quantitative and/or qualitative factors such as listed above): This number is not exaggerated.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Let’s say you’re managing a software development project. You may need SOPs for tasks such as code review, software testing, and release management. By using a standardized template, developers and testers could easily understand the requirements and procedures, leading to fewer errors and faster development cycles.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations.   Agile Transformations. The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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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. This decision model for software development projects addressed: performance, cost, time, and risk. This is one role for Story Points in agile development. And of course.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Agile in name only. scrum, not agile. This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. Scrum is) more defined rather than empirical process.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I've seen estimates abused by bad managers, so let's NOT estimate and that will fix the behavior of Bad Managers." While the human behaviors are real and observable, conjecturing that decisions can be made in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the outcome of those decisions, there is no principle to support that conjecture.

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Wrike

MAY 12, 2023

Whether the task is a large-scale construction project, a new software development initiative, or a marketing campaign, the project manager is ultimately responsible for its success or failure. They must have a strong command of project management methodologies, tools, and software proficiency, as well as financial management skills.

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nTask

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It has also been noted that companies that have developed project management practices save 28 times more in finances than those that do not. How PMP Software Transformed the Project Management Scene? The software solution is ideal for software development teams. Key Features: Customizable scrum.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Estimation of Long?Term (Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ? 255, April 2010.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. The No Estimates advocates have a similar set of behaviors.).

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. requires making estimates) ?

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

This is a good starting point for answering the mail on the notion that decisions can be made in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impact of those decisions. Each of the authors have a different, sometimes slight, sometimes maor, approach to producing software using their methods. He had an interesting statement.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Every once in awhile a reasonably intelligent No Estimates advocate shows up in a Twitter discussion. They often say you should be open-minded and try the concepts of No Estimates first. . This is the traditional No Estimates argument - you're being a troll because you're asking me pointed questions.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

There will be breakout sessions on using project management tools and techniques to help with more accurate estimates, how to keep projects on track and on evaluation of project performance. Agile & Beyond. Agile is not new. What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business.

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Workzone

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Clarizen provides cross-deparment insights to determine risk, scope, size and estimates. If you’re in software development and want visualization, then check out Zenkit. They offer member-level swimlanes for your Kanban board and time estimates for tasks or Sprints. Non-agile teams won’t find it as useful.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. The No Estimates advocates have a similar set of behaviors.).

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2016

Finance, social, political. INCOSE has a Systems Engineering Journal as well with papers speaking to software development complexities . Agile as a Systems Engineering Paradigm. Can Enterprise Agile Be Bottom Up? Estimating Guidance. The notion that systems are somehow unmanageable is fine in some domains.

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Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

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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Workzone

APRIL 30, 2020

You can also create great reports within the tool for road mapping and agile project management. Cons: If your team isn’t technical and you don’t work on software development projects, then JIRA isn’t a great choice. It also includes finance-tracking functionality. Pricing: $6 – $12/month/user. Pricing: Free – $20.83/user

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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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MPUG

JANUARY 4, 2021

I’d like to begin by sharing a brilliant quote that puts the latest project management fashion, Agile, into humbling perspective: “ A Waterfall project is just an Agile (Scrum) project with one huge sprint! An Agile project is just a Waterfall project almost entirely implemented using Rolling Wave Planning! your project team).

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Planio

JANUARY 16, 2023

Plan in an Agile way. Agile templates. Unlike a software developer, graphic designer, or accountant, your job isn't to do the doing , your job is to ensure the doing gets done. First, get to know the right people in the finance team - they’ll become your best friends when it comes to managing your project budget.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

In 2021, the Project Management Institute estimated that by 2030 the global economy would need 25 million more project managers to keep up with the demand for change. Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Updating project management software to keep their team on track 9. But there’s a problem.

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