Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, about which software to buy, which Features in the development backlog should be implemented next, what prices to charge for products and services. Software development is an exercise in microeconomics, since it deals with limited resources - time, cost, and what value is produced in exchange for the time and money.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Mine is in hard science and systems engineering.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

The project manager is responsible for coordinating the work of the team, monitoring progress, and making any necessary adjustments to ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget. Constraints typically relate to schedule, resources, budget, and scope. Executing the Project Build the project team.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? Then on to the original conjecture for No Estimates from Paul's post. That is, to make decision with “No estimates”.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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nTask

JANUARY 14, 2021

Just to name a few: Website design and development. Software development. Mobile app development. Search engine optimization projects. Search engine marketing projects. The cost or budget of a project is also another determining factor. Development. Content strategy. Conclusion.

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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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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This view of the system of producing value in exchange for money ignores the principles of systems engineering. . Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Mine is in hard science and systems engineering.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 15, 2016

Here's the IT budget for the Federal Government. Estimating and Making Decisions in Presence of Uncertainty. Estimating and Making Decisions in Presence of Uncertainty. Intentional Disregard for Good Engineering Practices? This is not the embedded systems. These are business systems. Related articles.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 20, 2022

The best ones used ranged estimates to determine resource needs and predict outcomes. We rely on leaders for direction, budget, resourcing, and decisions. Brad Egeland is a Business Solution Designer and IT/PM consultant and author with over 25 years of software development, management, and project management experience.

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Proofhub

JUNE 12, 2023

Time and Resource Management: They skillfully manage time, resources, and budgets for successful milestones. By developing these skills and traits, you can become exceptional project leaders, assisting your teams in achieving outstanding project results. Suppose a software development company plans to launch a new mobile application.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. Some feel that the cone does not provide any value for the work they do and does not match the reducing uncertainty in their estimates.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. For software development, there are many decisions to be made. What Feature to develop next ? Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Microeconomics .

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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. The Product Owner presents the product backlog, while the team estimates the amount of work that can be completed during the sprint. Let Wrike elevate your project performance today.

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Leading Answers

MAY 1, 2020

Hybrid cars can use internal combustion engines (ICE) and electric batteries, or ICE and hydrogen fuel cells. We can try to educate stakeholders on why a more adaptive approach toward these operations might be beneficial, but maybe this is beyond our circle of influence—or maybe we inherited a project with a scope and budget already in place.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2023

For example, in a software development project, tasks can include requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment. Estimating Task Durations Take into account factors such as the complexity of the task, the resources available, and any dependencies or constraints.

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PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Budget, Risk Tolerance, and Thresholds. The budget of Risk Management activities is a part of the overall project budget stated in the Project Charter. Risk Management Budget should not exceed 15% of the overall project budget.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. Real Options can be used to address the gap found in traditional capital budgeting methods. If you google "Real Options software development" or "real options ICT" you'll find these and many dozens more. Here's a sample.

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Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

Favro Gamers or rather game developers, you may want to check out Favro. It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers. Their Kanban board stretches horizontally across to help you visualize what’s next in the product development cycle.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 13, 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. Estimates of cost, schedule, technical performance on the left have a lower probability of being precise and accurate than estimates on the right.

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Scoro

AUGUST 27, 2020

One approach that has become popular in recent years is an Agile methodology that has expanded from its original use in software development to a wealth of other industries. And just like in software development, and Agile projects are completed in smaller sections (iterations). What is Agile project management?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Identifying the Causes of Scope Creep Unrealistic Initial Estimates: When project managers underestimate the complexity or resources required for a project, it can lead to overruns and the need for additional work that falls outside the initial scope. Note: This article was created with the assistance of an AI engine.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. What Resources will be needed to reach Done?

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Herding Cats

JUNE 2, 2017

So the first part is following standard estimating principles. which states clearly and concisely that decisions can be made (in the presence of uncertainty - which is ALWAYS present on software development projects - without estimating the impact of those decisions. From large construction to software development.

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Wrike

MAY 12, 2023

Project managers are responsible for the successful completion of key projects for businesses, as they help navigate challenges and ensure that deadlines and budgets are being met. They also work hard to complete the project on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.

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PM Basics

MAY 26, 2020

Both roles may do similar software development projects. However, software development PM usually focuses on creating custom software. While a digital PM works on setting up and using existing software, or putting a system out of separated solutions. Budgeting may be quite complex. Product Management.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty

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Resource Guru

JULY 19, 2023

But the advertising landscape has evolved and now includes digital channels like social media, digital advertising, and search engines among others. Not only do advertising agency workflows differ from workflows for other agency types—say recruitment or software development. billboards and magazines) and broadcast (i.e.,

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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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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. This is a Google-Fueled, Wikipedia, unsubstantiated opinion based approach to most everything in our software development management world these days. Who's Budget is it Anyway?

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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." While the human behaviors are real and observable, conjecturing that decisions can be made in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the outcome of those decisions, there is no principle to support that conjecture.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. What Resources will be needed to reach Done?

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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). Prentice-Hall, 1981. This is due to many reasons.

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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). Prentice-Hall, 1981. This is due to many reasons.

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