Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 31, 2020

I contributed this chapter (and another one) to the book. You’ve just got one day for budget approval,” said Claire from Finance. In turn, you may put more and more pressure on your team to speed up – risking cutting corners and delivering a low quality product that is not fit for purpose. The One-Man Plan: A Story.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

If so, it might be time to start implementing proven project management processes and phases at your organization in order to bring your company’s workflow under control. Phases of Project Management. In project management there are five phases: initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing.

Process 402

Process Monitoring Executing Closing 402

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. 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. Some colleagues have engineering or finance educations. illities are a waste.

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Estimate Engineering Software Engineering Software Developers 40

The Lazy Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

On that basis now is the time for you to ‘do the math’ and work your change portfolio investment out, an example was covered in ‘Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management’ – so you can reference that if you wish. But again, it is a rough estimate that is needed for this exercise.

2014 186

2014 Finance Leadership Estimate 186

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. Since all risk comes from uncertainty - reducible (Epistemic) and irreducible (Aleatory), estimating is a foundation of all we do. Paradigm of agile project management from Glen Alleman. . Some colleagues have engineering or finance educations.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. requires making estimates) ? Risk Management Papers. “A

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2017

It was clear many years later, he was a good development manager and waited for the appropriate time to coach and mentor us. A Scrum of people works very well when doing Scrum , but operations, finance, and accounting are not the same as writing software for money. It's a Value at Risk thing in my opinion. .

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Finance Software Manufacturing Estimate 32

nTask

JANUARY 28, 2022

Be it meeting with the clients and discussing their needs, planning, and construction, managing the finances, or keeping an eye on legal matters, real estate development makes sure your hands are full all day, every day. Enter real estate development management software. What Is a Real Estate Development Management Software?

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2022 Software Review Software Construction 78

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.

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Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 6, 2016

I contributed this chapter (and another one) to the book. You’ve just got one day for budget approval,” said Claire from Finance. In turn, you may put more and more pressure on your team to speed up – risking cutting corners and delivering a low quality product that is not fit for purpose. The One-Man Plan: A Story.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. requires making estimates) ? De Meyer, C.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. is not founded on any principle of business management, microeconomics of decision making, or principles of probability and statistics. 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.

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Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Software Governance 28

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

First let’s keep the concept of ROI basic, which is in this context: Applying this equation to a real-life example, if the cost for rolling out a SMILE activity = $10,000 and the estimated value of the program is $100,000 (considering quantitative and/or qualitative factors such as listed above): This number is not exaggerated.

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Software Review 2004 2012 PMI 121

Sarah M. Hoban

JULY 18, 2023

I’m continually curious to learn more about the enterprise project management software market ? This time, I’m taking a look at Zoho Projects , the project management software solution associated with a much larger Chennai-based B2B software company called Zoho. Clutch for controlling project managers who can’t stand clutter.

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Software Review Finance Budget Software 52

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There are mysteries to managing in the presence of uncertainty for those who understand the principles of Risk Management of cost, schedule, and technical performance and know how to apply them using Managerial Finance, Microeconomics of Software Development, and Probabilities Decision making.

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Finance Estimate Engineering Risk Management 34

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Nassim Taleb’s books make use of the concept of a “Black Swan.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. How many knowledge areas are there in project management?

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PMI Risk Management Risk Technical Review 201

Leading Answers

MAY 1, 2020

Neither black nor white, predictive nor agile, project managers are increasingly finding themselves in the gray area of hybrid project management. Either way, sometimes we do not get to do everything by the book and we have to work with what we are given. Does it include finance, HR and sales?

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Agile Finance Executing 2020 88

Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Nassim Taleb’s books make use of the concept of a “Black Swan.”

2002 28

2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 25, 2016

There's another rash of Twitter posters supporting the conjecture that decisions can be made about how to spend other people's money without estimating the impact and outcome of that decision. Managerial Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Ari Riabacke. Managerial Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Ari Riabacke.

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2008 Finance Estimate Software Developers 44

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Brown and his book The Handbooks of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management and my review of the same book. AHP can be used as a Value Management System to organize the criteria and assess trades off costs and benefits in considering total value. References . [1]

Technical Review 47

Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact. We’re talking about Green Project Management.

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Sustainability Underperforming Technical Team Construction Certification 98

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Jurgen Appelo used the double pendulum on page 42 of his Management 3.0 book to explain the differences between simple, complicated, ordered, complex, and chaotic. Why is this an issue in the management of agile software projects? I came to the book, through Jurgen’s himself. IT Risk Management.

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2009 Estimate Energy Finance 39

Wrike

JULY 20, 2023

These activities include flipping houses , managing or investing in rental properties, purchasing land for future development, investing in real estate crowdfunding or REITs , and participating in real estate syndicates or joint ventures. Try Wrike for free What is a real estate vendor? Let’s look at an example.

Software Review 36

Software Review Technical Review Finance Artificial Inteligence 36

Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. The evaluate-as-you-go and learn-as-you-go aspects of iterative and incremental development help organizations manage complexity and uncertainty. What happens to supervisors and managers?

Technical Review 116

Technical Review Agile Lean Sustainability 116

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This is called Risk Management and the processes of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty. I recommend another book as guidance in making those decisions, Perspectives on Thinking, Judging, and Decision Making , Wibecke Brun Gideon Keren, Geir Kirkeb?

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2001 Finance Estimate Risk Management 32

Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For example, your project management processes might vary depending on the client and the project, and so might your project management software. Perhaps it’s the CTO, Head of Technology, or even Head of Project Management? Project management: Keep track of tasks, teams, and project progress Create project dependencies in Asana.

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CTO Hire Influencer ChatGPT Finance 52

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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Estimate Software Review Finance Closing 48

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is a method in project management? We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. Types of project management methods. Project management uses lots of methods. But there are some specific project management methods. A complete book in itself!

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Software Review Risk Management 433

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

A good book on Boyd is Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War. Making decisions in the presence of this emerging uncertainty requires making estimates of the impacts or outcomes of any decision. Learn to manage in the presence of uncertainty using principles not persoanl ancedotes. IT Risk Management.

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Closing Controlling SCRUM Estimate 28

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

This is a good starting point for answering the mail on the notion that decisions can be made in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impact of those decisions. Estimates are for the business, why would the business no longer want an estimate of cost, schedule, or technical performance of the provided capabilities?

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Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 28

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I have project management nailed.’ All of the professional bodies and providers of general project management qualifications recognize that this is far from the truth. A fully capable project manager needs a wide range of personal and professional skills outside of the realms of their technical project management competence.

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PMI Technical Review Certification Leadership 74

Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. The evaluate-as-you-go and learn-as-you-go aspects of iterative and incremental development help organizations manage complexity and uncertainty. What happens to supervisors and managers?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Agile Lean Sustainability 60

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. What is project resource management? Or do I need to hire someone else?

Construction 347

Construction Estimate Technical Review Software Review 347

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2019

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. So how many knowledge areas are there in project management?

PMI 379

PMI Risk Management Risk Estimate 379

Paymo App

JULY 27, 2018

Project management process bottlenecks. The 3 main things I have so far noticed about project management processes: The more detailed the planned steps, the less likely they will be realized. Project management process tip > Try to structure the project into more general milestones, rather than going into detailed specific tasks.

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Process Risk Management Executing Finance 58

Velociteach

MARCH 6, 2023

The podcast by Project Managers for Project Managers. WENDY GROUNDS: Welcome to Manage This , the podcast by project managers for project managers. She currently serves as the Assistant Manager to the City Manager for the City of Greenville, South Carolina. You work with the City Manager.

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Underperforming Technical Team Budget Software Review 2020 52