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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Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

MPUG

JUNE 27, 2022

This article is the fifth in my series, “A Better Microsoft Project,” You can find the earlier articles here: Introduction , Time Modeling , D * U – W fields , and Workload Leveling. This is explained in my second article. Ellen clarified: “Do you re-baseline your entire project every week?” “Yes” Yes” was the emphatic answer.

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Governance Government Estimate Performance Measurement 52

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Product Owner An Agile team member who is responsible for representing the customer/client’s interests and prioritizing features in software development.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn how to document your business processes, and why this documentation is important for driving your sustainability agenda. Due to the complexity of business operations, use process documentation software, such as a Business Process Management (BPM) platform. How to document your business processes?

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Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

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. The decision.

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2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

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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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 28

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Project Management Software & Tools. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Project Management Software & Tools. Most-Wanted Features in Project Management Software: 1. Agile Project Management.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

I spent the week speaking at the College of Performance Management conference where government and industry come together to work on the issues of cost, schedule, and technical performance management process improvement needed to increase the probability of program success. Related articles. Who's Budget is it Anyway?

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Performance Measurement Finance Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Or ANY software project for that matter. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. Related articles.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For software, this can be value produced (assuming we have a unit of measure for that value in the for of effectiveness, performance, key performance parameters, or technical performance measures ). For your Honeywell or Nest controller on the wall, that sample rate is measured in seconds.

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Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

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

APRIL 29, 2017

This is course is why we develop software for that manned spaceflight program using Scrum, because delivering small pieces of functionality on small grained boundaries greatly reduces the risk of being overbudget and behind schedule, and answers to critical success factor question. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

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. Risk management is managing as an adult. No Estimating? No Adult Management. Low Probability of Project Success ahead. Five immutable principles from Glen Alleman.

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Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

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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PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59