The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Feature Driven Development (FDD) is an agile methodology specifically applied to software development. This post explores what FDD is, FDD best practices, implications of FDD for strategy, and how FDD is implemented with other agile methods while managing a project. The concept is consistent with overall agile concepts.

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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. reducible and irreducible ?

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. But the tide is turning and Agile is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for many projects.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Enter the Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), the unsung hero of the digital age. This comprehensive article will delve into the world of SREs, exploring their role, responsibilities, importance in business operations, the intersection of software engineering and systems administration, and the future trends shaping this crucial field.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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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. We focus on value production, not delivery.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Andrew Middleton , the Managing Director at AMWireless, tells us how to make sure you aren’t fighting a losing battle by trying to manage the unmanageable: “All project stakeholders have got to be on board right from the start and it’s up to the PM to make sure it stays that way! Perform Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The beginning of all business critical software development projects is the point in time when performing organizations are least certain about the project, yet it is also the time when top management expects to be delivered project estimates that are very precise. 37–48, 2007.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It's a popular misconception of the agile community that Waterfall is used in any domain outside their own personal experience, and Big Design Up Front (BDUF) and Big Bang Development (BBD) are the only alternatives to Agile. . IT Risk Management. 4, December 1975. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. While some have publication dates that may seem old, the principles in these books are immutable, even for agile projects. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. Some colleagues have engineering or finance educations. In all cases, we start our work with. illities are a waste.

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Planio

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The right hiring process is the ultimate “growth hack”. That’s why we spoke to managers and engineering leads at some of the world’s top remote startups to understand how to bring in the best people for your team. If you want to attract the best remote developers to your team, this is the best process to follow.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. One chapter on the Principles of Risk Management and the second chapter on the Practices of Risk Management.

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

In Agile, you only get the full benefits of Scrum and SAFe when certain conditions are met in the organization. People will often break the methodology or the framework instead of changing the org design and sacrificing their ability to be truly Agile. And for you hardcore engineers out there, not really so much talking to you.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 1, 2016

Sure, we did our best muddling through the process with complex spreadsheets that were out-of-date as soon as they were built. In other words, it was like the wild west of project management. LiquidPlanner is the only predictive scheduling engine on the market. Building LiquidPlanner. We left Expedia to fix this problem.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. In our domain of engineered systems there is a broad range of problems, complex issues, approaches to solving problems.

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Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

Maybe you need fresh start with a similar tool or maybe it’s time to move to a full-fledged project management solution. Brightpod They call it “gracious” project management software. It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers.

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Stepping Into Project Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

So, here are a few: Project Manager (United Health Group)- Hyderabad (India) Project Manager – Job No. I have never done it before, posting it on the blog.however, I thought since I get them a lot, why not put it up for you. If this help you find a job you love, that makes it all worthwhile.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Root Cause is the fundamental initiating cause on a causal chain leading to a failure of a process which results in a recurrence of the problem. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic documented approach to arrive at the true Root Cause of the process problem. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? Lehtinen and Mika V.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

Risk is everywhere on projects. This risk comes from two types of uncertainty. Aleatory uncertainty, which is the naturally occurring yields variances in the underlying processes. Epistemic uncertainty comes from probabilistic processes that can be addressed with handling responses. And as Tim Lister reminds us .

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With today’s speed of work and innovation, it’s imperative that your business finds an ideal work management software to streamline projects , optimize workflows , automate tasks , and enhance team productivity without causing burnout. . Wrike was launched in 2006 by founder and software developer Andrew Filev.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. This is standard Product Management. Done by every Product Manager for every Product Company.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. Understanding of SDLC can make the whole process more efficient. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants. That is true.

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Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2017

In the agile world, people have datasets from their projects, their friends projects, or made up projects. This was my starting point for becoming a software engineer rather than a physicist, by the way. . Our management misuses information we provide them. Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Software developers and the IT managers they work for operating in the future. Many of this practitioners view the future as an esoteric, abstract, impractical realm, But the future is where the value of the software is earned. The future is where to cost to develop that software is paid back. Now to the Logical Fallacy.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU is a build-to paradigm, where measures of the program's performance cumulative to date is used to inform the risk for future performance.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is done by active risk management, through probabalistic decision-making.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

The requirements documents (in whatever form) are the basis of the process to verify these needed capabilities with customers and internal or external stakeholders and validates these requirement meet to need strategic intent of the work. [2]. 1] Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, [link] . [2] IT Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here's an extract from "Chapter 8: Human Behavior and Complexity," Terry Cooke-Davies, in Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World. This is a cautionary tale for those listening to the #NoEstimates advocates, where anecdotes of bad management are used in an attempt to replace established principles of business management.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

is not founded on any principle of business management, microeconomics of decision making, or principles of probability and statistics. Managing a business profitably is always hard work. A de minimis software project rarely benefits from estimates. Willfully bad management rarely benefits from learning how to estimate.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

s webinar, Use Agile Project Management with MS Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to Use Agile Project Management with MS Project. Cindy is a Microsoft Project trainer and consultant with her business, Four Pillars of Success and has over 25 years of project management experience.

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Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

So while you want to learn more about project management — either to pick up new skills or sharpen the ones you’ve already developed — you don’t have unlimited hours to read every book on the subject. Which project management books are best for your experience level? 23 Project Management Books for All Levels.

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