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. Technical Performance Measures.

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Performance Measurement Finance Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. The principal purposes of supporting the engineering of these systems are fulfilled by these emergent behaviors. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. No not to exceed budgets.

2001 31

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. If the parameter of interest is not being reduced as needed, go find out why and fix it, or you'll be late, over budget, and the technical outcome unacceptable. The Cone of Uncertainty is the framework for improving the needed performance of the project.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. The principal purposes of supporting the engineering of these systems are fulfilled by these emergent behaviors. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. No not to exceed budgets.

2001 28

2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 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

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This is a recurring theme of #NoEstimates it's a waste to me the developer, I'd rather be coding , I'm not good at estimating , I see no value in my making estimating when you're just going to use them against me when I'm late and over budget. This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business.

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Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

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). The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers? What is the Plan to reach done at the needed time for the needed budget, with the needed outcomes? Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context. A final Thought .

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 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. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. 2] IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SXE-10, Janurary, 1981, pp.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers? What is the Plan to reach done at the needed time for the needed budget, with the needed outcomes? Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context. A final Thought .

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

No matter the engineering processes used to produce the outcomes from the project. Show up over budget for the ERP, the ROI we told the Board of Director is now wrong. No matter the size of the project. No matter the project domain. There are Five Immutable Principles of project success. Too late, there won't be time for fruit to set.

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Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

When buffers are made visible, trust is crucial; without it, their presence can reinforce negative stereotypes, painting them as budget inflators rather than strategic tools. For instance, if a particular engineering team is stretched thin, all projects dependent on that team will experience delays.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Managing Government Grant Projects at Arizona Public Service - APS management process for Department of Energy grant for algae CO2 capture project. Project Performance Management.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

Did this Programmatic Architecture define all the player, what they were accountable for, the units of measure to assess the credibility, validity, quality, and compliance of their products with the PEP? We play this role in ERP acquisitions for commercial and government clients . What were the selection criteria?

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When buffers are made visible, trust is crucial; without it, their presence can reinforce negative stereotypes, painting them as budget inflators rather than strategic tools. For instance, if a particular engineering team is stretched thin, all projects dependent on that team will experience delays.

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2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

There are cost people, scheduling people, risk people, EVM people, engineers, testers, and others on any program. Technical performance is likewise difficult to integrate with either cost or schedule because its units of measure vary with the subject matter. Because each discipline tends to operate within its own stovepipe.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Systems Engineering. Systems engineering is a methodical, multi-disciplinary approach for design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. Systems Engineering looks at the big picture to make technical decisions. Systems Engineering is a Logical way of Thinking.

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Software Developers Software Development Agile Software 39

Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

There are several partitions of this information that are common in building the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). The PMB is a time phased, budgeted description of the project. In traditional programs, this is an Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule, with budgets laid into the Work Packages.

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Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. More than 90% of organizations perform some type of project postmortem or closeout retrospective. [9]. How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders. 18% — Delivered within budget.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Budget : The sum total of all the money allocated for a project. Budget at Completion (BAC): BAC is the sum total of all budgets established for the work to be performed. Else, the project has a budget deficit.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

He was not a program manager of engineered to order software intensive system of systems. In our domain this is the Performance Measurement Baseline, which is a time-phased budget plan for accomplishing work against which contract performance is measured. Hayek was a social scientist.

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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. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back. We want to be first.

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