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.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

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. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

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JULY 17, 2017

I work in a domain where estimates are made every single week. Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimated Completion Date (ECD) are the life blood of our software intensive system of systems programs. In Agile the Product Roadmap and Release Plan are the basis of the PMB.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

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MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Governance. Agile Project Management. Planning and Scheduling.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Digite

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

AI is changing the world and the lives of people and is becoming the engine of growth of economies and organizations. In the last 10 years, advances in both computing technology and software, and access to large amounts of data, (thanks to the Internet and SaaS/ Cloud-based systems) are enabling the resurgence of AI.

Artificial Inteligence 141

Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2025 141

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APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Project Management (#APM). Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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MAY 11, 2017

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. Software-intensive systems include: .

Software Developers 39

Software Developers Software Development Engineering Software 39