Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

I work in the Software Intensive System of Systems domains in Aerospace, Defense, Enterprise IT (both commercial and government) applying Agile, Earned Value Management, Productive Statistical Estimating (both parametric and Monte Carlo), Risk Management, and Root Cause Analysis with a variety of capabilities. NASA Cost Estimating Handbook.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

The amount of money allocated to a specific project is referred to as the project budget. It refers to any prediction or estimation made on a project’s status, including how it will unfold in the future. The shortest time estimated to complete a specific project task or activity is known as optimistic duration. Delphi Technique.

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 18, 2020

Project Management is the art of coordinating resources and directing working groups to execute components of work so that each group delivers components that can be tied together into a wholesome deliverable (contracted scope of work) within schedule and budget. Initiating. Perform Integrated Change Control .

Process 99

Process Project Life Cycle Development Team Review Risk Management 99

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Project Performance Management. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline - without a good foundation, nothing can be built. Risk Management (#RM).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Budget at Completion (BAC) . Bottom-Up Estimating . Budgeting .

Software Review 45

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 45

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Budget at Completion (BAC) . Bottom-Up Estimating . Budgeting .

Software Review 40

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 40

Wrike

AUGUST 30, 2021

Project initiation phase. In the initiation phase of the project, a PMIS can be helpful in: Establishing a preliminary project budget including cost and resource estimates. Supporting cost and budget management, including setting up of cost controls, budget analysis, and related KPI metrics.

Software Review 36

Software Review Estimate Budget Monitoring 36

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Creating Value At the core of the system for value delivery lies the objective of creating tangible value for stakeholders through project initiatives; this involves identifying and prioritizing the outcomes, benefits, and deliverables that align with organizational goals, strategies, and stakeholder needs.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Program Management can be defined as developing and implementing projects by managing the work, people, time, and budget. It is important to note that while project management focuses on individual projects or initiatives, program management deals with groups of related projects managed together to meet objectives over a given period.

Budget 36

Budget Monitoring Performance Measurement Defining 36

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

89% of high-performing organizations value project management, 81% actively engage sponsors, 57% align projects with business strategy. [6]. 46% of organizations admit to not fully understanding the value of project management, even though that understanding boosts the success rate of strategic initiatives by 16%. [12]. Senior level.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

A recent lawsuit by Hertz Rental Car against Accenture has turned into a rallying cry by Agilest and No Estimates advocates. Of course, No Root Cause analysis has been performed by these advocates, but it makes good click bait for their followers. You can be late, over budget, and have technical problems, but it can't be a surprise.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

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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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

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. Abstracted from [3].

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

Wrike

JULY 1, 2020

Smarter hiring, workplace culture initiatives, and day-to-day operational excellence are all priorities in the industry, meaning that project management for HR has never been more important. Establishing productivity and performance measures for the team. Tracking hiring costs against budgets and forecasts.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Performance Measurement Executing 36

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. So taking the knowledge areas and saying, here, initiating, here’s how you start. Then planning. The planning.

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PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59