Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

This customization process involves a modification of methodologies and governance structures, transforming project management into a strategic asset as dynamic as the projects it aims to guide. Such interactions facilitate and establish a collaborative environment where teams can openly discuss policy alignment and governance integration.

Governance 52

Governance Government Software Review Technical Review 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Governance. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

You either change the tool to accommodate the organization or you change the organization and unfortunately, most of the companies that we were dealing with, didn’t have agency or influence to change the organization. But I started writing a lot about what I would do and I started doing talks about what I do.

Agile 140

Agile Consulting Influencer Underperforming Technical Team 140

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In the Project Controls paradigm, Value is a measurable attribute of the project controls process - a Closed Loop Control measure. Each of these measures participates in the Closed Loop Control Systems. This is the basis of Closed Loop Control. The units of measures of Cost and Time are straightforward. is a Fallacy.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Governance (#Governance). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). Project Governance - project management is a well-defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Tad: The conversation today is built off a white paper called Innovation and Portfolio Management Office. Tad: Often, external influences in trends are not being evaluated across the enterprise. Obviously closing that out with the type of reports that people are used to seeing. I do enjoy speaking.

Innovation 40

Innovation PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 40

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . This is a closed loop system optimization process applied to all the projects we work.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42