The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Baseline An original plan for measuring performance and tracking changes. Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g., identify items such as benefits and costs).

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

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. Who's Budget is it Anyway?

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Planning and Scheduling (#PS). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Integrated Master Plan and Master Schedule (#IMPIMS). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Management Processes (#MP).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures. On spec" is open loop control on value.

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2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These seemingly minor uncertainties can cumulatively impact performance and disrupt detailed planning. The article advocates for adaptive strategies and the use of buffers as protective measures against unpredictable organizational challenges. Both cases cause severe damage to the performance of the organization.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This is a serious mistake for any non-trivial project or product that operates in the presence of uncertainty, deadlines, not-t-exceed budgets, and mandatory sets of capabilities that are produced in exchange for money. Progress and Value are measured with the same in Earned Value Management. Technical Performance Measures.

Engineering 32

Engineering Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

Hertz spent months planning the project. What did these plans look like? Were they based on the established planning processes for complex Software Intensive System of Systems? Key Performance Parameters. We play this role in ERP acquisitions for commercial and government clients . Court Document. Assessment.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

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.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

The goal of every program manager is to have a set of practices that connect all the programmatic planning, risk, and performance information in a single unified view needed to support the decisions that increase the probability of success of any project or program. The shift lay in the determination of physical percent complete.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

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

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Closed Loop Control, has a goal, an action, a measurement, and a corrective action. These activities, their releationships and values are defined in a PLAN for increasing the probability of success for the project. Measure of Effectiveness.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

MAY 12, 2018

If the development work has no deadline , no not to exceed budget, no Minimal Viable Capabilities in the sense of MVP's meaning without these CapaCapabilitieslemented by there Features we cannot Go Live on the needed date for the needed budget, then the phrases in the quote may be applicable.

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Agile Finance Software Developers Software Development 44

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

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. When might we finish with the planned work? What might it cost to finish the planned work?

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

This means a Capabilities Based Plan for what business and operational capabilities are needed in what order to fulfill the Mission and Vision of the enterprise funding the program. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. No not to exceed budgets. No Deadlines.

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2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 31

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Here's some examples of Planned variances and managing of the actual variances to make sure the project stays on plan. In this case, the projected base weight is planned and the planned weights of each of the major subsystems are laid out as a function of time.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Inadequate assessment of risks and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans. The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Systems Engineering assess the processes for achieving stakeholder functional, physical, and operational performance requirements in the intended use environment over the planned life of the system within cost, schedule, and internal and external constraints. Systems Engineering looks at the big picture to make technical decisions.

Software Developers 39

Software Developers Software Development Agile Software 39

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Inadequate assessment of risks and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans. The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

This means a Capabilities Based Plan for what business and operational capabilities are needed in what order to fulfill the Mission and Vision of the enterprise funding the program. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. No not to exceed budgets. No Deadlines.

2001 28

2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Without these measures, Done will usually mean we ran out of time and money. . Plans are strategies for success. For the project to be successful, we need a Plan. Measuring the effectiveness of these resources is needed to take corrective actions to assure we have enough to finish the project on time. No Estimating?

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Inadequate assessment of risks and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans. The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

If I'm risking two weeks of work for the Scrum team of 5 people it's a much different need from the risk of a $10B manned spaceflight program being supported to congress for budget authorization. . This is the error on the error - the confidence in the error - that is needed. Related articles. Let's Stop Guessing and Start Estimating.

Estimate 46

Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

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. The Buff's won and are now the PAC-12 South Champs.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

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. It includes the budgets assigned to scheduled control accounts and the applicable indirect budgets. Of course not.

Software Developers 28

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Inadequate accessment of risk and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans. Unanticipated Technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness. Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2003 Aerospace 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? With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Meaning to say creating value, organizational governance and systems, functions associated with projects, the project environment, and product management considerations all provide the context for how project management could be conducted. Then planning. Do we start with planning? Now, bear in mind, this is all iterative, right?

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

For risks that are beyond the vision of the project team a properly implemented risk management process can also rapidly quantify the risks impact and provide sound plans for mitigating its effect. Hoping that the project will proceed as planned is naïve at best and poor management at worse. When these occur, a new plan is needed.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Herding Cats

JANUARY 29, 2018

There's a webinar coming this week with the title Value First: How our Customers Deliver every Project On-Time, Under-Budget, and High-Quality. I'll attend with a follow-up. .

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Estimate Risk Management Budget 40

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? With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28