Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The only answer to that is a measure of Physical Percent Complete (P%C). P%C starts with defining the Measures of Performance and Technical Performance Measures for each deliverable as a function of time. These measures are supported by Quantifiable Backup Data. What is your actual condition? .

2010 39

2010 Governance Government Performance Measurement 39

Herding Cats

AUGUST 14, 2016

Without units of measure of Value beyond time and money, there can be not basis of comparison between one value based choice and another. In the Systems Engineering world where we work, there are four critical units of measure for all we done. MOP's are attributes that assure the systems to capability to perform.

Performance Measurement 49

Performance Measurement Engineering Lean Software Developers 49

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

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). The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

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). The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Step 5: Be able to implement the steps necessary to close the performance gap between your company and other companies/organizations. The person performing the external benchmarking study must possess an excellent understanding of his/her organization’s current project management and business processes. Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.

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Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

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.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. All project work operates in the presence of uncertainty.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 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. This, of course, is nonsense, since estimates are about the past, present, and future.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls - project management is a closed loop control system. Project Performance Management. Management Processes (#MP).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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. This axiom is the basis of all good project management. What was the risk-adjusted date?

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. It just closed the loop faster. But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. No References?

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

There are cost people, scheduling people, risk people, EVM people, engineers, testers, and others on any program. Technical performance is likewise difficult to integrate with either cost or schedule because its units of measure vary with the subject matter. Because each discipline tends to operate within its own stovepipe.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

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 . Bottom-Up Estimating . Bottom-Up EAC (estimate at completion) Method .

Software Review 45

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 45

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 . Bottom-Up Estimating . Bottom-Up EAC (estimate at completion) Method .

Software Review 40

Software Review Project Life Cycle Estimate Technical Review 40

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 16, 2023

they have been working on it already for more than 10 years, and they are not close to what we have achieved.’ For example, a project estimated at 100 work hours might include a 20-hour time buffer for contingencies like absences or technical issues. Consider an engineer scheduled for four 8-hour tasks in a 40-hour week.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Supporting artifacts such as the WBS, WBS Dictionary, Basis of Estimates (BOE), and the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) are available to help define the scope of the work to be performed and especially the entrance and exit criteria for key program Events. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

they have been working on it already for more than 10 years, and they are not close to what we have achieved.’ For example, a project estimated at 100 work hours might include a 20-hour time buffer for contingencies like absences or technical issues. Consider an engineer scheduled for four 8-hour tasks in a 40-hour week.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back.

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PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59