The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

When we think of an agile transformation, improving portfolio management might not be high on the organization’s list of priorities. There is a greater likelihood of having too many active projects which increases the risk of resource shortages. Agile delivery is not a silver bullet.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One of the 4 summary root causes of project performance failures is Unrealistic Cost and Schedule Estimates based on inadequate risk-adjusted growth models. One notion in a governance paradigm is It's Not Your Money . If you have no uncertainty, then estimates provide no value. This is how business works.

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. Since financial services institutions typically work within well-established practices to mitigate risks, new ways of working aren’t always immediately accepted.

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Agilemania

MARCH 3, 2022

Agile is a word that was added to the corporate dictionary two decades ago and is still relevant today. The Agile adoption rate increase from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021 has left the business world stunned. Amidst all the chaos, there is one designation that helps organizations realize their dream of Agile transformations. .

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Discover the importance of organizational governance systems, delve into essential project-associated functions, learn how to navigate the project environment, and ensure you are communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Customer value or the desired outcomes are established at the start of projects.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right? They think if they do the “Agile stuff,” they will make quicker progress to achieve their goals.

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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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MPUG

APRIL 18, 2024

We need to evaluate the costs, risks, and other implications of the change, and compare them to the marginal benefit of committing to the change. Adaptive Project Management Multiple strands of adaptive (or Agile ) thinking have converged on an alternative approach to controlling scope.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Carsten is an Agile Coach at the LEGO Group and the founder of Agile Ideas. You might also know Carsten from his YouTube channel , in which he shared hands-on tips & tricks about Agile, coaching, and facilitation. What does Agile at the LEGO Group look like? so, there’s also no big Agile transformation plan.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Identify tasks, estimate timings, and map a timeline Step 4. Consider your risks and put controls in place Step 6. Having a good understanding of your implementation plan helps manage other project areas, such as resource management, budgeting, and risk management. Risk approach. Project control.

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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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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 7, 2021

resource management is broken down into the key components resource management planning, resource estimation, resource acquisition, team development and team management. Furthermore, for every knowledge area special attention is given to adaptive/agile environments. For each component you get best practices to look for or to implement.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

What is an estimate? An estimate as a noun is an approximate calculation or judgment of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something. An estimate as a verb is to roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of. But those estimates, nouns, and verbs themselves's have other attributes.

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Herding Cats

JULY 16, 2017

The GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide has 12 steps. There are not specific to Agile Software Development. Agile teams, for the most part, are a fixed set of resources, so the spending plan is essentially Flat. Uncertainty creates risk. Risk Management is how Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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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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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the digital transformation market was estimated at a whopping $731.1 On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. Identifies and mitigates risks to the project. ?️ billion in 2022 — with no signs of slowing down.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Plan Elements The Plan is like a book with three main sections: Execution Parameters establish how the project will be managed along with the approach, required lifecycle phases, and governance procedures. There is a range of options, from predictive to agile. Complex efforts where the cost of change is low may prefer agile.

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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 process is the basis of all risk management.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 12, 2023

The principles reflect the full value delivery range of approaches from predictive (waterfall) to adaptive (such as Agile). This section presents information on Data Gathering and Analysis Methods, Estimating Methods. For example, the principle label for Value is “Focus on Value”. Methods are the means by which we accomplish work.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

The project manager will also need to manage assumptions and risks related to the project. government began using it to manage complex defense projects. There are two main approaches to project management: waterfall, agile, and hybrid approaches. The project manager will also want to identify project constraints.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Project Governance. Agile Project Management. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Integrating Agile with EVM , EVM World, 2013. Risk Management.

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. VSM solutions can provide visibility into dependencies and risks by measuring Flow Metrics for all layers of the value stream.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

A positive benefit to this could be employers putting existing professionals through the Higher Project Management Apprenticeship scheme, upskilling them at virtually no cost (or at least, through funds already paid to the government in the form of the levy). Are you waterfall or Agile? Blended Methodology. Or something else?

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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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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? What would be the evidence that we could make decisions in the presence of uncertanty without estimating the impacts and outcomes of those decisions? . Start here.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. This is where change management theories and agile principles come into play. This usually includes creating a project charter, risk register, issue log, Gantt charts, and more.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. requires making estimates) ? Risk Management Papers. “A

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Herding Cats

MARCH 20, 2018

Estimating Software-Intensive Systems: Project, Products, and Processes , Richard D. Stutzke is a starting point for estimating software projects. From tradition projects to agile projects, this text provides practical examples based on principles. First, let's look at some established definitions.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 28, 2016

I listened to the final rant of Jon Stewart ( BIG CAUTION this show is from Cable and for Adults Only, just like Risk Management) and came away with inspiration for a post, which I've edited a bit to remove the phrases not applicable here. . estimates are the smell of dysfunction, so let's not estimate and the dysfunction will disappear."

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MPUG

JUNE 19, 2023

Risk Mitigation If unforeseen risks or issues arise during the project, a change order may be required to address them. This can involve adjustments to project plans, resources, or activities to mitigate risks and ensure project success. Identify potential risks and benefits associated with the requested changes.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Perhaps the most significant reason for the slow growth of many needed project management changes was due to senior management’s desire for standardization of governance and execution for the multitude of traditional projects managed for external clients. Pressure for speed to market without fully understanding the risks.

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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) ? 5, September/October 2011.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 11, 2018

There are lots of quotes flying around the agile community. So in the agile development world, there is no right or wrong? No right software to comply with external regulations, interfaces, security requirements, governance requirements? IT Risk Management. Herding Cats: Basis of Estimating Software Development.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 17, 2016

There's a meme going around in some parts of agile that management is inhumane. Managing in the presence of Agile is not the same as managing in traditional domains. One view of management in Agile can be informed by Governance of the work efforts. Agile Software Development in the DOD. IT Risk Management.

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Proofhub

JANUARY 4, 2021

As you start your project, you need to take the initiative on the preparatory work, from preparing the scope, estimating the costs, assigning resources, and creating a project timeline, to getting sign-off on the key performance indicators. Identify Risks & Obstacles Murphy’s Law states that if something can go wrong, it will go wrong.

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