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. Project Performance Management. Technical Performance Measures.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

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. In EVM terminology, baseline is further defined as the performance measurement baseline (PMB). Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).

Underperforming Technical Team 59

Underperforming Technical Team Agile Performance Measurement PMI 59

MPUG

JULY 10, 2023

In this article, we’ll review some of the common terminology you’ll come across when working with project controls, especially from an earned value environment perspective. Now we’ve looked at some cost performance measures, let’s look at a few more specifically aimed at managing schedule performance.

Budget 40

Budget Controlling Performance Measurement Finance 40

ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 18, 2020

The activities are then sequenced, and the duration required for each activity is estimated. Cost : A cost management strategy is first made, after which the cost for each work package is estimated. The estimates are then summed up, and some reserves are added to it to create the project budget. Identify areas of improvement .

Process 99

Process Project Life Cycle Development Team Review Risk Management 99

Herding Cats

JANUARY 5, 2017

These charts are an extract from the book Performance-Based Project Management: Increasing the Probability of Project Success and the abstracted training materials Handbook. Related articles. How to Avoid the "Yesterday's Weather" Estimating Problem. Doing the Math. Hope is not a Strategy.

Estimate 81

Estimate Closing Controlling Defining 81

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. How to Choose the Right Metrics.

Estimate 93

Estimate Budget Infrastructure Performance Measurement 93

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 29, 2017

To make some conjecture that some process will fix the problem - Estimates are the smell of dysfunction and NOT Estimating will fix that dysfunction - is naive at best and willfully ignorant of Root Cause Analysis at worse. Take a course on how to write well. Measures of Performance. Key Performance Parameters.

Process 56

Process Estimate Engineering Performance Measurement 56

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. Related articles.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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 a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM).

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Here's an article, recently referenced by a #NoEstimates twitter post. The headline is deceiving, the article DOES NOT suggest we don't need deadline, but that deadlines without credible assessment of their credibility are the source of many problems on large program. There is no ideal in the estimating business.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2003 Aerospace 28

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 5, 2017

And as always, in order to manage in the presence of uncertainty, we need to make decisions about how to reduce this uncertainty and therefore reduce the risk that results from the uncertainty. And to make those risk-informed decisions in the presence of reducible and irreducible uncertainty we need to ESTIMATE. Related articles.

Aerospace 37

Aerospace Estimate Governance Government 37

Wrike

MARCH 4, 2021

This article will explain what vendor management is and why it’s important for your organization. Estimating turnaround times. Reviewing performance . You must spell out performance measures in your contract so all vendors understand their responsibilities. How to write a vendor management plan.

Performance Measurement 36

Performance Measurement Defining Monitoring Process 36

Herding Cats

JANUARY 29, 2018

The principles of microeconomics of decision making in the presence of uncertainty mandates you make estimates of how to achieve that Value in terms of cost and schedule, those three (and all) variables are random variables, usually driven by a stochastic process. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Estimate Risk Management Budget 40

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. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Forms, guidelines, templates, and checklists from published textbooks and journal articles that can affect the execution of projects. Gap can also exist for performance improvement expectations such as: Reduction in risk by a certain percentage, cost, or time. Improvement in estimating accuracy by a certain percentage or dollar value.

Aerospace 59

Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2016

When I hear about complex software systems and how difficult they are, and how undesirable they are, and all the other urban legends about complexity, complex, complicated and chaos, I get a smile. Here's a start in learning how to manage in the presence of these systems. Related articles. Estimating Guidance.

Engineering 28

Engineering Software Performance Measurement Finance 28

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Discover the importance of organizational governance systems, delve into essential project-associated functions, learn how to navigate the project environment, and ensure you are communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

These publications tell us what ought to be done and why we ought to do it, but rarely if ever describe how to do it. . Determination of physical percent complete is rooted in performance measurement, the comparison of actual performance against an integrated baseline plan consisting of integrated cost, schedule, and technical goals.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The article is based on the webinar “Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones, to Achieve Excellent Reliability” with TOC experts Eli Schragenheim and Albert Ponsteen. This article explores managing uncertainty in organizations. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Risk management is concerned with the outcome of future events, whose exact outcome is unknown, and with how to deal with these uncertainties. What are the “units of measure” for this increasing maturity? The answers to each of these questions require making estimates in the presence of uncertainty.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Much has been written about the sources of risk and how to Manage in the Presence of Uncertainty (This briefing describes how risk is managed for each element of the Integrated Master Plan). . Updated - Revisions made to documents, metrics, and cost estimates to incorporate contractor and/or Government changes.

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

The economic problem of society is thus not merely a problem of how to allocate "given" resources-if "given" is taken to mean given to a single mind which deliberately solves the problem set by these "data." Related articles. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects.

Software Developers 28

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 28

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The article is based on the webinar “Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones, to Achieve Excellent Reliability” with TOC experts Eli Schragenheim and Albert Ponsteen. This article explores managing uncertainty in organizations. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition to that, as well as the PMI standards plus to lead the way for the immediate processes, the techniques when it comes to things like estimating or requirements management and things along those lines. Ultimately, how to tailor. And what are those dots? Optimizing the value delivered. We have people in Iowa, Tennessee.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59