Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There is a current rash of suggestions on how to improve the performance of software projects. One case of 12 projects from a large contractor of Software Intensive System (SIS) shows similar variances . I'd suggest the Principles for project success on non-trivial software efforts are universal. Related articles.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g.,

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

But in a multi-project environment, when more than two projects run in parallel, being focused on a project performance only can be harmful for your organization. Examining Project Progress and Performance: Essence and Key Techniques. Check how much work is left to do against the approved budget. Read further to understand why.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In this article, we are going to explore Earned Value Management (EVM), a widely used traditional management technique, but we are going to look at it within the context of an Agile domain. At the start of each iteration, he may be unsure about the applicability of earned value analysis, measurement, and management within Agile.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. With the insights gained from this article, you will turn these into reality; by implementing project governance components, you will transform your project management practices and elevate your organization.

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Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. In this article, we will discuss 10 ways to maintain consistent project quality, providing tips and strategies that can be implemented to improve the chances of project success.

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Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. In this article, we will discuss 10 ways to maintain consistent project quality, providing tips and strategies that can be implemented to improve the chances of project success.

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Workamajig

JUNE 11, 2019

This article looks at the 11 most important project management KPIs you need to track and why. Peter Drucker may have said it half a century ago, but the old adage still rings true: “If you can measure it, you can improve it.”. Measuring and monitoring project management metrics fills this gap. Measuring Planned Value is easy.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures.

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Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. In this article, we will discuss 10 ways to maintain consistent project quality, providing tips and strategies that can be implemented to improve the chances of project success.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. Related articles.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Project Management Software & Tools. Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. Landmark’s measure of success over these three years had much more to do with customer satisfaction and market share than with meeting knowingly aggressive targets. Laird and M.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 19, 2018

Have sufficient Contingent Budget and Management Reserve to cover the cost variances from the naturally occurring cost behaviors, event-based impacts on cost, or cover things that go wrong with the Risk Cost coverage. Have sufficient Technical Performance Measures margin to cover the required performance measure of the Capabilities.

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Wrike

JULY 1, 2020

In this article, we will discuss the benefits of project management for HR professionals and why HR project management is vital for departmental success. For instance, if the IT team is developing new software for the company to use, HR may be asked to help build the training plan for user adoption. .

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates or any other project attribute (in this post, cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

Related articles. Technical Performance Measures. Who's Budget is it Anyway? Software Engineering is a Verb. It's likely wrong, misquoted, misattributed, or taken out of context. Assessing Value Produced By Investments. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management.

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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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 19, 2016

Rarely the case in software development, where Little's Law is misused often. The OP claimed Goodhart's Law was the source of most of the problems with software development. What this says is again when the measure becomes the target, that target impacts the measure, changing the target. . No measures of effectiveness.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

If I'm risking two weeks of work for the Scrum team of 5 people it's a much different need from the risk of a $10B manned spaceflight program being supported to congress for budget authorization. . Related articles. Let's Stop Guessing and Start Estimating. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

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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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Or ANY software project for that matter. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. Showing up late, over budget, and with missing Capabilities is not what the customer paid for. 2] IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SXE-10, Janurary, 1981, pp. Related articles.

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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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Show up over budget for the ERP, the ROI we told the Board of Director is now wrong. Physical Percent Complete is the only measure of progress to plan. This is true for planting tomatoes, writing software with Scrum, flying to Mars. Related articles. Too late, there won't be time for fruit to set. No Estimating?

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This is a recurring theme of #NoEstimates it's a waste to me the developer, I'd rather be coding , I'm not good at estimating , I see no value in my making estimating when you're just going to use them against me when I'm late and over budget. Root Cause: Productivity is the efficacy of the investment of time, talent, and money.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security. I was used to different software.

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