MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

In this way, the construction of the pyramids was a complex project that required careful management in order to be successful. Project Management as a Profession As a Profession , it has its roots in the 1950s and 1960s when the U.S. government began using it to manage complex defense projects.

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MPUG

JUNE 19, 2023

Resource Allocation If there are changes in the availability, capacity, or allocation of project resources, a change order may be required. This can include modifications to the workforce, equipment, materials, or subcontractors involved in the project. Add or remove team members and adjust their work hours or effort estimates.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There's a popular notion going around the agile community that says. we focus on Value and don't need to worry about Cost. Here are the moving parts of any project that intends to make money from the cost invested to produce a product or service. Software Project Cost Estimation .

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 5, 2023

Some of the risks facing project management organizations are presented in the sections that follow. COSTLY IMPLEMENTATION One of the biggest challenges facing organizations in the implementation of AI will be the implementation cost. Find out more here. Did you get your PMP® before January 1, 2021?

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Techno-PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

For larger projects, organizations can have a team for project management Project Team: The team or a person handles the technical work related to the project and reports frequently to the project manager Stakeholders: the group of people who are directly or indirectly affected by the project and its outcome is known as stakeholders.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Project Cost Management often puts people off. But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Project cost over-runs are common. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. Turns out in the real world there is no such project. This is the motivation for short work intervals found in agile development. .

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

in sustainable development and environment, and he has over 25 years of experience in various areas of project management including government, finance, consulting, manufacturing, and education. He goes, “Well, I’m a project manager, but I work in agile. The Scope of this project was massive. And as for cost!

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

There's a popular phrase in some parts of the agile community that goes like this. Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. This is the foundation for estimates.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Evaluation of the Risk Analysis and Cost Management (RACM) Model,” Matthew S. Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ?

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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. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management. The concepts of Taleb and its application to project management is shared by some in the project management community (and now in the No Estimates community).

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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) ? Estimation of Long?Term

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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. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management. The concepts of Taleb and its application to project management is shared by some in the project management community (and now in the No Estimates community).

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PM That Works

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

During the budgeting process usually the year before an idea for a project is suggested. Then this idea goes through some cycles and an estimated budget gets placed on the project list for the coming year. When the project is kicked off, the budget is set to the estimated budget. There is a fear to go over budget.

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Planio

MARCH 11, 2024

Aside from helping you to avoid disaster, risk management has a range of wider project benefits, including: More accurate project estimates: Factoring in risks and uncertainty helps project managers more accurately estimate their project’s timeline, budget, and benefits.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Agile Project Management (#APM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers).

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

To find out more detail about the requirements process, you can read my post on Software Project Requirements 101: What You Need to Know To Get You Started. Identifying activities, dependencies, sequencing, and time estimates. Completing rework due to defects and poor quality increased the project costs. Reporting.

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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.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Or the companion quote from an Agile thought leader. maybe a read of the resources of Estimating Agile Software Development may help. Almost impossible?

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates. We need to learn how to predict with credible methods.

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Susanne Madsen

JUNE 18, 2018

​ If you liked this post, you may also like: Project Leadership - 20 essential tips ​ Why do projects continue to fail - and what can we do about it? ​ If you liked this post, you may also like: Project Leadership - 20 essential tips ​ Why do projects continue to fail - and what can we do about it?

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points. We use Vitech's Core.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You need to track project progress at a glance—but in a way that you can collaborate with your team, spot potential problems, and compare progress against your project plan or statement of work. We’ve already seen how Toggl Plan helps you stay on top of team and project schedules with visual, drag-and-drop timelines.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development. I suspect the latter. .

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

By the way, the pure conjecture that agile enables late changing requirements to not have a significant impact on the cost and schedule of the development project is completely lacking any testable evidence outside of personal anecdotes of agile advocates. The management of risk means good project management.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. Google will find these when there is no URL provided.

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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.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Meaning to say creating value, organizational governance and systems, functions associated with projects, the project environment, and product management considerations all provide the context for how project management could be conducted. Especially when they released the Sixth Edition, giving this agile guide.

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