Herding Cats

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. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Project Governance.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Furthermore, effectiveness is closely linked to innovation. Quality vs Quantity: Another Perspective Effectiveness is closely related to the quality of outcomes, as it emphasizes achieving objectives with a high level of quality and meeting customer expectations. Note: This article was created with the assistance of an AI engine.

Software Review 36

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Performance Measurement 36

Herding Cats

MARCH 5, 2017

The common definition of the Definition of Done in agile software development is (mostly from the Scrum Alliance and other official Scrum sites): A simple list of activities (coding, comments, unit testing, integration, release notes, design documents, etc.) Do they characterize the major drivers of performance?

Software Review 28

Software Review Technical Review Performance Measurement Estimate 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 14, 2016

Many blogs, tweets, books are spent of speaking about Value as the priority in agile software development. We produce Value at the end of every Sprint Value is the most important aspect of Scrum based development. In the Systems Engineering world where we work, there are four critical units of measure for all we done.

Performance Measurement 49

Performance Measurement Engineering Lean Software Developers 49

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. .

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

- How much variance reduction needs to take place in the project attributes (risk, effectiveness, performance, cost, schedule - shown below) at what points in time, to increase the probability of project success? This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM).

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well. As the program progresses each of the weight measurements for each of the models through to a final article is compared to the planned weight.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

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. It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects. Related articles.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

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. .

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Estimate Software Developers Software Development 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. .

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is usually a cost, a completion date, a performance measure used in a closed loop control system to keep the project GREEN while delivering the needed Capabilities to produce the Value for the customer at the needed time for the needed cost.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

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. Related articles. Complex, Complexity, Complicated.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

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. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59