Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

There is a discussion of the conjecture that estimates are a waste, estimates can't be done, estimates are evil, estimates must be stopped immediately. To be informed how to estimate in this broad range of domains, problems, and impacts — education, experience, and skill are needed. illities are a waste.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Yes, of course, they do. Of course not. So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects. This can, of course, be a benefit. Let’s expand that simple answer.

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MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. The new schedule template covers both analogous and parametric estimating features. Oliver: Thank you Kyle.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 13, 2022

Make sure the stuff that came up took precedence for a good reason, and if not, now is a great time to course-correct and get back on track. Software like LiquidPlanner makes it easy to create an action plan against your goals. LiquidPlanner helps you estimate timelines by listing tasks and then applying ranged estimations.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

A different approach that is gaining popularity is called Agile , which comes from software development. These resources cost money, so you’ll need to estimate all your project costs to create a project budget. Of course, there’s more to project management than the information in this project management 101 article.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2018

There's a fallacy used by some in the software development business, that estimates are not needed to make decisions in the presence of uncertainty. It turns ourt of course, this can only be true if the world we live in is deterministic. . But we don't live in a deterministic world, we live in a non-deterministic world.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. We must be about to choosing rationally among risk-taking courses of action, rather than plunge into uncertainty on the basis of hunch, hearsay, or incomplete experience, no matter how meticulously quantified.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 25, 2022

For simplicity, we’ve divided this article into two main sections — project-based questions and employee-focused questions. . Consider applying ranged vs. fixed estimates as there are uncertainties that a range will capture in best/worst case consideration whereas a fixed date or dollar amount is unlikely to be spot on. Let’s go! .

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In the past five years, there have been numerous articles discussing how Artificial Intelligence (AI), can and will benefit the field of project management. Advances in software development. Recognizing the need for AI applications has been discussed in numerous journal articles. Harold Kerzner. Introduction.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? An estimate is. Start here.

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. So what can technology organizations do to achieve a higher rate of return on investment (ROI)?

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MPUG

JANUARY 14, 2022

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Sam Bell’s course, Critical Path Modeling Using Microsoft Project (Lesson 1: Estimating Resources and Using Resource Calendars), being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. With that, let’s start off. It doesn’t add value. Sam Bell: All righty.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 24, 2016

One of the escape clauses of #Noestimates is to re-label Forecasting as NOT Estimating , It is forecasting, based on empirical data. This is in comparison for estimating purpose for a theoretical model that produces data, parametric from empirical or theoretical models that produce data. All are estimates about some outcome.

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Wrike

MAY 23, 2023

Agile methodology has emerged as a dominant approach to software development as it offers several advantages compared to traditional methods. Try Wrike for free Understanding Agile Ceremonies Agile ceremonies are pre-defined meetings or events that take place throughout the course of a sprint.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In discussing the delivery capacity of a software development team, we can say “velocity” and everyone knows we mean the amount of work the team can complete, on average, in a given time interval , and we don’t mean, literally, va=v+v02. “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity.

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MPUG

JULY 17, 2023

It provides a clear picture of what transpired during the project’s course, the week-by-week changes, and how these alterations impacted the overall plan. Picture a complex software development project composed of numerous interlinked tasks.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

This article explains all you need to know about project charters: what they are and why you need them, essential elements every charter must contain, and different project charter templates to bring your project planning together. This is useful for projects of all types and sizes, whether simple or complex.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The bigger you are the harder you fall–unless you have a powerful management structure for your team of course. If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. If you want to see more ERP providers with a list of software with end-user feedback h e re.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The bigger you are the harder you fall–unless you have a powerful management structure for your team of course. If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. If you want to see more ERP providers with a list of software with end-user feedback h e re.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

I've seen estimates abused by bad managers, so let's NOT estimate and that will fix the behavior of Bad Managers." This, of course, is a fallacy on all levels. The first thing to do is NOT fall for the fallacy that NOT Estimating will fix the behavior of the bad manager. Let's look at what an estimate is.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For example, a web development agency charges $8000 for a website. And, of course, adding a buffer for any unexpected requests. For example, a website development agency may charge $120 per hour for a website build instead of a flat fee of $8000. A content writer charges a flat rate for blogs and articles. Scenario #1.

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Proofhub

JUNE 12, 2023

Developing a vision and setting clear goals As a project leader, creating a compelling vision and setting clear goals is your compass that guides the team through uncharted waters. Suppose a software development company plans to launch a new mobile application. Get a competitive edge by mastering project scope management !

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The conclusion was reached by the research team that an incremental approach to software development works better. The team creates a working prototype quickly and then incrementally improves the software both in terms of functionality and quality. Project Estimation. No wonder so many projects were failing.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 11, 2018

This is the basis of all Closed Loop Control systems, from the speed control of the car, to the flight controls for an aircraft, to the temperature controls for your home, and of course the business controls for software development. Right and wrong cease to be useful concepts when you’re talking about software development.

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Herding Cats

MAY 15, 2019

Story points are a unit of measure for expressing an estimate of the overall effort that will be required to fully implement a product backlog item or any other piece of work. When we estimate with story points, we assign a point value to each item. It should also be two-thirds of a story that is estimated as 3 story points.

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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. . This of course is a misinformed and sometime intentionally misinformed idea used to cloud the conversation.

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Leading Answers

MAY 1, 2020

For example, a project I worked on to develop and roll out a custom GPS routing solution for truck drivers used an agile approach for the software development—and a largely predictive approach for scheduling the equipment install in the trucks and training the drivers. These scenarios are of course simplifications.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 3, 2018

Our project management, software development world the more so. . The classic that happened yesterday was yet another misuse of the Standish Report, long debunked, to claim estimates p[rovide no value, in fact, estimates are the source of the reason why projects fail. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 10, 2017

I've been working in the probabilistic estimating business for a decade or two. . As well - of course - is the nonsense that Forecasts are not estimates, popularized by #NoEstimates advocates. As well - of course - is the nonsense that Forecasts are not estimates, popularized by #NoEstimates advocates.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

The paper on the Cone of Uncertainty is used by many in the No Estimates community as an example of why estimates are of little use. In this paper, there is data that does not follow the Cone of Uncertainty, in that the uncertainty of the estimates does not reduce as the project proceeds. Then there is some analysis.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 21, 2018

In the absence of omniscience, efforts to predict to any useful degree of certainty what events will have an effect the work and whether these uncertainties will occur require careful consideration and of course estimates needed to assess the presence and impacts of Epistemic and Aleatory uncertainties that create risk. .

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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. Not an expert in everything of course, but an expert is a narrowly focused domain of Program Planning and Controls (PP&C). Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 13, 2017

The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates or any other project attribute. Estimates of cost, schedule, technical performance on the left have a lower probability of being precise and accurate than estimates on the right. Related articles. Economics of Software Development.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Every once in awhile a reasonably intelligent No Estimates advocate shows up in a Twitter discussion. They often say you should be open-minded and try the concepts of No Estimates first. . This is the traditional No Estimates argument - you're being a troll because you're asking me pointed questions.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

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). 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.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This quote is coming back in the modern era of internet-based misinformation pundits in many domains, including project management and software development processes. Related articles. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. ." — Wolfgang Pauli said of a student's physics paper.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 19, 2017

Some self-proclaimed thought leader pontificates on what is wrong with the software industry. Makes blanket statements like the current software development methods have not made much difference in the general success in the software development - the software crisis. Related articles.

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