Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development.

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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. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. These principles originate in: .

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. Showing up late and over budget does not produce the needed Value.

Process 45

Process Estimate Software Developers Software Development 45

Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

Or plan on being late, over budget, and reduced probability of technical success, before you start. This is called Software Engineering Economics. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis.

Cadence 28

Cadence Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 28

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. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create risk to the success of the project. The Programmatic Management of the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Estimate Software Engineering 28

Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

Maybe you need fresh start with a similar tool or maybe it’s time to move to a full-fledged project management solution. Brightpod They call it “gracious” project management software. It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers.

2023 52

2023 Software Review Lean Estimate 52

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. Real Options the management the needed flexibility to take actions, in the presence of uncertainty, that itself emerges over time.

2008 32

2008 2002 Estimate Software Engineering 32

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. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. These principles originate in: .

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Let's say you're the project or program manager of a large complex system. We cannot escape these two uncertainties - reducible and irreducible - and must learn how to manage in the presence of these uncertainties. Are we being effective with our budget - that is are we earning our budget. Abstracted from [3].

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

Wrike

JUNE 3, 2015

As a vendor of project management and collaboration software, we talk to a lot of project managers. So I asked project managers to share their stories on project failure and the reasons behind the big flop. Workers have to be paid for more time, so your estimated budget goes over. Poor communication.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Software Review Software Engineering Risk Management 59

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here's an extract from "Chapter 8: Human Behavior and Complexity," Terry Cooke-Davies, in Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World. This is a cautionary tale for those listening to the #NoEstimates advocates, where anecdotes of bad management are used in an attempt to replace established principles of business management.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

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). A critical success factor for all project work is Risk Management.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

We are a project management consulting company in the Baltimore Washington area. Background myself, I’ve been doing project program, PMO management for going on, I guess, 30 years now. By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. And in project management terminology, we must set the baseline.

Performance Measurement 59

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Engineering 59

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

PM Basics

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Do you want to see a project budget example? Project Budget is a tool that calculates the total funds authorized to execute the project. Projeudget Template includes planned expenses for all project activities, including wages, materials, fees, risk reserves, etc. Project Budget is created based on Activities List.

Budget 82

Budget Software Review Estimate Risk Management 82

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth. This is used in support of the fallacy that estimates aren't needed to make decisions in the presence of uncertanty. Who's Budget is it Anyway? IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Performance Measurement Finance Manufacturing 28

Paymo App

JANUARY 25, 2018

By precisely measuring employee time records, project managers will be able to make better time estimates for future projects. Previous task delays and bottlenecks are common errors that can help you anticipate project change and manage risks effectively if you avoid them in the following projects. Perfect for your team.

Technical Review 86

Technical Review Software Review Monitoring Software Engineering 86

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

Uncertainty creates Risk. Risk management requires active reduction of risk. Management of this reduction work and measurement of the progress is a Close Loop Control System paradigm. The creation and management of the Plan is usually performed by the Program Planning and Controls group where I work. .

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. But there is a real problem here: With so many different frameworks and project management approaches, life cycles are so confusing. That is true. Monitoring and Controlling.

Software Developers 67

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 67

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . Software Risk Management , Barry W.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2021

On paper, managing projects seems like a straightforward process. Define your scope, break it down into manageable tasks, and assign them to your team. However, anyone who’s actually managed a project knows this couldn’t be further from the truth. Workload management. In this guide: What is workload management?

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Estimate Software Engineering 97

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. Fletcher Hearns: Great, thank you Kyle.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and management. Then conjecture that NOT estimating will fix that symptom. Then conjecturing (here) that Not Estimating will somehow fix the problem of when you are DSTOP. The supposed evidence in the presentation, that estimating "does not work" starts with the Chaos Report.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Estimate Software Developers 40

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Finance Software Developers 39

Teamweek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, hiring managers admit that they hire the wrong person in 74% of cases. they have the skills needed to succeed in a tech-focused manager-level position and their employer isn’t using those skills effectively). If you fail to mention those soft skills in the job listing, you risk attracting a poor hire.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Artificial Inteligence 52

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. For software development starts with.

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and business management. Then conjecture that NOT estimating will fix that symptom. Then conjecturing (here) that Not Estimating will somehow, through some unstated process of correction or prevention, fix the problem of when you are DSTOP. Have you done a Root Cause Analysis? Not likely.

Underperforming Technical Team 28

Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Estimate Development Team Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. Define the probabilistic ranges of the work in a single point estimate manner.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Whether you’re a small team of freelancers or a large agency, your company needs a project management tool that fits your processes like a glove. Before choosing a specific tool though, you need to decide on the type of project management software you need. Types of project management software based on the use case.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Technical Review Construction 52

Paymo App

JULY 16, 2018

The project management practice depicts a step-by-step process that helps you establish everything you need to do on a project. It is done either on paper or using a project planning software for more complex projects (commonly part of a project management software ), being usually led by a project manager.

Software Review 52

Software Review Planning Software Technical Review 52

MPUG

JULY 16, 2021

Welcome to the final part of my three-part series on project requirements management. What is the requirements management baseline? And I think the reason being is that along the way, in this requirements management process, there was not an appropriate traceability and monitoring process set up.

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Controlling Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 52

Teamweek

OCTOBER 20, 2022

An Agile agency uses the Agile methodology to plan, manage, and deliver projects in collaboration with clients. Traditional project management methods focus on each phase only once during the project’s lifecycle. Agile project management in marketing helps easily absorb these changes. What is an Agile agency?

Agile 52

Agile Technical Review SCRUM Executing 52

Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

But there’s a risk that people will get excited about automation and get ahead of themselves. They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. Building software. Preparing test data to exercise applications prior to deployment.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 78