Herding Cats

JUNE 11, 2017

There's a blog post from a few years back that has resurfaced The 5 Laws of Software Estimates. Law of Software Estimating. Fact of Software Estimating. Estimates are waste. To those paying the developers, estimates provide actionable information needed to make decisions: Can we afford to develop this feature?

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PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. It can also indicate potential risks to existing projects. Introduction.

2016 52

2016 2014 PMO Software Review 52

TrustRadius Project Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Figuring out what makes one project management tool different from the next can feel like trying to taste the difference between two expensive bottles of red wine. Unless you’re a seasoned wine connoisseur or project management expert, it can be hard to know what to look for. . These may seem like project management no-brainers.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Information Technology Estimate 62

Herding Cats

JUNE 2, 2017

This is a chart from an agile conference where #Noestimates was a topic. So the first part is following standard estimating principles. Aleatory uncertainty produces an irreducible risk to the project. Rolling waves, planning packages, emerging processes are all standard project management processes.

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Estimate Software Developers Software Development Risk Management 35

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. Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. First, let's establish a principle.

2003 46

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Herding Cats

MAY 9, 2017

It seems of late there is a campaign in the software development community, especially in the agile community where ignorance is a virtue. The ignorance that all project work contains uncertainty, that uncertainty is of two kinds - reducible and irreducible, and that uncertainty is the source of risk. . IT Risk Management.

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Estimate Software Developers Software Development Information Technology 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. Real Options the management the needed flexibility to take actions, in the presence of uncertainty, that itself emerges over time. Some require memberships (IEEE, ACM), which any credible project manager should have anyway.

2008 32

2008 2002 Estimate Software Engineering 32

Herding Cats

AUGUST 29, 2017

In the agile community, there is always some comment or opinion about how hard it is to define what the requirements are. How we can't possibly estimate the work since all the work is emergent. Here's the way we work projects using agile development practices. Here's the way we work projects using agile development practices.

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Estimate Engineering Manufacturing Information Technology 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 26, 2017

It's popular in the agile work to claim SW is never Done. A time phrased plan for their acquisition, deployment, management, and funding. . risk management is how adults manage projects - Tim Lister. This is the basis of managing projects. All risk comes from uncertainty. What Does Done Lool Like?

Information Technology 41

Information Technology Estimate Risk Management Defining 41

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering provides an approach to making the decision about what's in the ConOps and its format based on some Systems Engineering analysis of criteria: Program risks - reducible and irreducible uncertainties that create these risks. IT Risk Management. McComb, Deanna M.

2014 38

2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager struggling to predict the risks in your projects accurately during planning? This is where Monte Carlo Simulation transforms the art of project risk management into a more precise science, as part of quantitative risk analysis.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk Engineering Estimate 52

Wrike

JUNE 24, 2021

More than 28% of projects end up failing due to inaccurate estimates and poor project planning. From minimizing stress to eliminating scope creep to managing difficult deadlines, having a simple roadmap of all project activities ensures that the team knows what to do and how. What is project planning? Project milestones.

Software Review 36

Software Review Software Planning Underperforming Technical Team 36

International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 10, 2022

Risk Management. Thought Leadership News : What is risk management? What are some common myths or misconceptions that new and aspiring project managers should know about, and can you demystify them for us? Ruchi Gupta: Risk management is a proactive approach to managing uncertainties or unknowns on a project.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Project Life Cycle 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

First published by CONNECT, International Centre for Complex Project Management. During the process of deciding the aim and main objective of my PhD research [1] , an important element was to create a model that could support project managers, estimators and practitioners when dealing with project complexity.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Influencer Estimate Project Life Cycle 59

nTask

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Project management is one of the most influential organizational processes that help the company and the team members alike when it comes to generating value for the company. 6 Best Linux Project Management Applications to Use Right Now in 2021. 6 Best Linux Project Management Applications to Use Right Now in 2021. OpenProject.

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Technical Review Software Review 2021 Software 179

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.

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Estimate Risk Management Finance Software Developers 39

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.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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. Performance Evaluation of non?

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

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. And then some more resources for managing in the presence of complexity . Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. Complexity Primer (Sandia).

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

TrustRadius Project Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

TrustRadius has already done the work in compiling a list of the best project management software , according to end-users; but not all of them require the same scale of management or growth-optimization tools. Best Project Management Software for Enterprises. #1 Planview ProjectPlace and Workfront), others are not. 1 Workfront.

Software Review 62

Software Review Software Technical Review Information Technology 62

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. If we take Tim Lister's advice about managing risk while spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty, where is the adult supervision here? . .

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Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 35

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. The data and statistics below are sorted into categories so you can quickly skim to find the information you need.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Velociteach

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Hear why this project to streamline patient information, enhance care, and improve operations has the tagline “Best Implementation of all time.” A project story about a massive initiative focused on an EPIC implementation at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Risk Management 87

Risk Management PMO Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 87

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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