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

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. Perform Integrated Change Control . — Project Management Institute.

Process 99

Process Project Life Cycle Development Team Review Risk Management 99

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.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Cost Management: Focuses on the estimation, budgeting, and regulation of project costs throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to budgetary constraints while optimizing value creation for stakeholders. Examples include budget overruns, scope creep, resource shortages, or technical failures.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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). This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM).

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

I work in a domain where estimates are made every single week. Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimated Completion Date (ECD) are the life blood of our software intensive system of systems programs. The PMB is a time phased, budgeted description of the project. A better definition is .

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations.

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.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

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

In the initiation phase of the project, a PMIS can be helpful in: Establishing a preliminary project budget including cost and resource estimates. Organizing project information and generating necessary reports for presenting to the key project stakeholders. Outlining the project scope and preparing bids.

Software Review 36

Software Review Estimate Budget Monitoring 36

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

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

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

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

I’ll hand the presentation over to you. Let me find out where I’m presenting from. 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. Jeff: Fantastic.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59