Herding Cats

JULY 12, 2017

Agile developers like to toss that phrase around as an alternative to having a plan for the delivered value we'll replace planning and estimating with early and often delivery. There is NO means of making credible decisions in the presence of uncertainty without first estimating the outcome of that decision. IT Risk Management.

Cadence 29

Cadence Estimate Manufacturing Agile 29

MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. It’s usually based on a cadence. When Inaccurate Estimation Results in Delayed Delivery.

Lean 65

Lean Software Review Technical Review Agile 65

Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis. Herding Cats: Capabilities Release or Cadence Release. Related articles.

Cadence 28

Cadence Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

JULY 27, 2017

So when you hear Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) as buzzwords , ask can you show me your Product Roadmap and Release Plan (either Capabilities release plan or Cadence release plan). Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. Related articles.

Cadence 31

Cadence Infrastructure Governance Government 31

Herding Cats

MARCH 23, 2016

The Plan for the delivery of value is shown in the Product Roadmap and implemented in the Cadence Release Plan, or sometimes in the Capabilities Release plan. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

Planning 39

Planning Cadence Logistics Manufacturing 39

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. The emerging risks that can be identified early in the project that impact the project later are often termed “known unknowns.” Hope is Not a Strategy.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

We typically want to have those stories estimated, right? Maybe we’re great at doing user stories and estimation and kind of release planning level stuff. All the work would be sequenced in the release so that the scary high dependency stuff is done early, the lower risk stuff is done late. And then I reduce the risk.

Agile 89

Agile SCRUM Governance Government 89