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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. Landmark’s measure of success over these three years had much more to do with customer satisfaction and market share than with meeting knowingly aggressive targets.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Functions Associated with Projects A system for value delivery encompasses a range of knowledge areas associated with the project lifecycle, including initiating, planning, executing, and closing (PMBOK, 2017). Pulse of the profession: Success rates rise: Transforming the high cost of low performance (Report No. PMI-SP5-1505-14111, p.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

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). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

These anti-patterns can emerge due to a variety of reasons, such as resistance to change, lack of understanding of Scrum principles, or misalignment of organizational practices with Scrum values. Misaligned Incentives : Tying management incentives to traditional performance measures incompatible with Scrum or agile principles​​.

SCRUM 177

SCRUM ChatGPT Technical Review Development Team Review 177

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When we hear of the difficulties of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty, especially about software features and capabilities, there are straightforward ways to solve this problem. In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. Mathematically, the value equals performance over cost plus time.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Or ANY software project for that matter. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is the domain of Microeconomics and when applied to software development it is the microeconomics of software development. First a definition. Then as we say in our domain.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

MPUG

APRIL 29, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. And the MPUG activity code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Performance Measurement Software Review PMI 52

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. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

This approach is guided by the processes for Root Cause Analysis on Software Intensive System of Systems project I've worked. Were they based on the established planning processes for complex Software Intensive System of Systems? Were there: Measures of Effectiveness. Measures of Performance. Key System Attributes.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The IMP should provide sufficient definition to track the step-by-step completion of the required Accomplishments for each event and to demonstrate satisfaction of the completion Criteria for each Accomplishment. Most IMPs in development programs include Events for major design reviews such as PDR or CDR. Five Steps in IMP Development.

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

On the other hand, it’s quite difficult to retain all the definitions in memory and a good PM dictionary would be a lifesaver. . Activity Duration Estimates Review . Automated Code Coverage Report . is initial data for your project performance measurement necessary for the start. Close Project or Phase Process .

Software Review 45

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 45

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

On the other hand, it’s quite difficult to retain all the definitions in memory and a good PM dictionary would be a lifesaver. . Activity Duration Estimates Review . Automated Code Coverage Report . is initial data for your project performance measurement necessary for the start. Close Project or Phase Process .

Software Review 40

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 40

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each 'activity' is the smallest unit of work that can be performed within the scope of the project. Activity ID: An alphanumeric code used to identify an activity. Administrative Closure: A list of the requirements necessary to formally close the project. Activity List: A list of all the activities that make up a project.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In software development, those managing the project have some understanding the market forces (from their marketing departments), the technology (from their engineering department), and how to manage in the presence of Aleatory and Epistemic risk (the managers running a successful firm). Software projects are non-ergodic.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Today’s PMI activity code, I’ll have up on the screen here in a minute. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59