Leading Agile

APRIL 29, 2021

Back in the Summer of 2018, I spoke at the Agile2018 Conference under the topic of “Addressing Your CFO’s Concerns to an Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation.” To calculate your estimated payback period, take the total investment expected to be made and divide that by the estimated annual savings.

Finance 72

Finance Agile Performance Measurement Estimate 72

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. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? An estimate is. It's a fallacy.

Estimate 28

Estimate Underperforming Technical Team Software Governance 28

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Let alone how many can regularly meet a sprint commitment or a release commitment with defect-free, potentially shippable software. Maybe it’s a function of what I write about, the people that call us, or the people that show up to Agile conferences, but my sense is that it’s not many. Workgroups are made of collections of Agile teams.

2023 130

2023 Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2024 130

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

They may also be writing user stories, using burn-down charts, and practicing agile estimating and planning. The interesting aspect is that the early thinkers in the agile space were focused on uncovering the underlying theory of agile software development. This creates cognitive dissonance for me.

Agile 113

Agile Software Review Certification Technical Review 113

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? As more details get developed, the Cone converges to the actual value. Steve McConnell.

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2012 2007 2011 2010 48

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It is also clear that the project management practice where capabilities of forecasting project scenarios and outcomes, predicting the impact from risks and issues, estimating work, etc. We usually are horrible at forecasting — this is just human nature and we usually estimate too optimistically. Intelligent tools will hit the market.

Artificial Inteligence 94

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Estimate 94

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Turof, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering , 400, 2018. “A reducible and irreducible ?

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

They are on video or conference calls from morning until evening. There was no Wi-Fi, Internet speeds were a fraction of today’s, video conferences were in dedicated facilities, and Lotus Notes was the primary collaborative platform. By Alan Zucker. Everyone tells me they are busy. By comparison, we were in the dark ages.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Lean PMI 52

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Let alone how many can regularly meet a sprint commitment or a release commitment with defect-free, potentially shippable software. Maybe it’s a function of what I write about, the people that call us, or the people that show up to Agile conferences, but my sense is that it’s not many. Workgroups are made of collections of Agile teams.

2023 62

2023 Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2024 62

Herding Cats

JUNE 2, 2017

This is a chart from an agile conference where #Noestimates was a topic. So the first part is following standard estimating principles. So let's look at this manifesto : Probabilistic over Deterministic - there is no deterministic process in software development. From large construction to software development.

Estimate 35

Estimate Software Developers Software Development Risk Management 35

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Of course, all three of these are operating in the presence of uncertainty and therefore require estimates to be made. Estimates of the aleatory and epistemic uncertainties that create risk to the delivered Value need to be handled. Peot, Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI1992). [5]

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2009 Artificial Inteligence 2013 2005 34

Herding Cats

JANUARY 11, 2018

This is the basis of all Closed Loop Control systems, from the speed control of the car, to the flight controls for an aircraft, to the temperature controls for your home, and of course the business controls for software development. Right and wrong cease to be useful concepts when you’re talking about software development.

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Agile Software Developers Software Development Estimate 39

Herding Cats

JUNE 25, 2016

There's another rash of Twitter posters supporting the conjecture that decisions can be made about how to spend other people's money without estimating the impact and outcome of that decision. There are 100's more books, papers, conference proceedings on the topic of decision making in the presence of uncertanty.

2008 44

2008 Finance Estimate Software Developers 44

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

These myths range from estimating complex systems and software-intensive system of systems, risk management, and core project management principles. Some of this sharing takes place at conferences and some takes place on the web. These principles, processes, and practices can be applied across a wide range of domains.

Software Developers 29

Software Developers Software Development PMI Estimate 29

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Then let's look at the actual description of how iterative and incremental development took place in “Managing the Development of Reliable Software,” R. Williams, Proceedings of the International Conference on Reliable Software, April 21-23, 1975. The VAX is my favorite real-time computer, by the way.

2003 56

2003 Process Governance Government 56

PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Risk management tends to separate actual estimates of efforts and costs required to finish a task from all f ears, uncertainty, and buffers. Now it’s time to develop a habit of talking and thinking about risks. Estimates of time and costs.

Risk Management 105

Risk Management Risk Planning Technical Review 105

Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

As organizations realize software represents a market differentiator, they recognize their systems will never be “done.” So, they move from the start-stop world of software development through projects and instead adopt continuous development and drip-feed funding models.   Summary.

Technical Review 116

Technical Review Agile Lean Sustainability 116

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The Standish Report is raising its head again in the Agile presentations I've seen recently at conferences. The Non-Existent Software Crisis: Debunking the Standish Report. Forgetting even more that "agile" is a bottom-up software development solution. Three Increasingly Mature Views of Estimate Making in IT Projects.

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2006 2010 Estimate Agile 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Every once in awhile a reasonably intelligent No Estimates advocate shows up in a Twitter discussion. They often say you should be open-minded and try the concepts of No Estimates first. . This is the traditional No Estimates argument - you're being a troll because you're asking me pointed questions.

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Estimate Software Review Finance Closing 48

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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 beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

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 beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. Of late, Cone of Uncertainty has become the mantra of No Estimates advocates claiming that data is needed BEFORE the Cone is of any use.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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. The BLUE bars are the probabilistic ranges of the current estimate date.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

As organizations realize software represents a market differentiator, they recognize their systems will never be “done.” So, they move from the start-stop world of software development through projects and instead adopt continuous development and drip-feed funding models.   Summary.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Agile Lean Sustainability 60

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Can All This Formality Have Any Use in Modern Software Development? The notion that agile development is a free-for-all development of what ever the customer wants to produce next, with the customer identifying the next important thing to develop works just fine for de minimus projects. Related articles.

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2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. . A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management. It's as simple as that.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

Some other factors affect this, especially key marketing events such as key conference or a customer meet, etc. On the one hand, the delivery team is not able to precisely estimate when it can deliver a release. for which we might either speed up or delay a release to accommodate the needs of that event).

Underperforming Technical Team 71

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Cadence Software 71

Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

Some other factors affect this, especially key marketing events such as a key conference or a customer meet, etc. On the one hand, the delivery team is not able to precisely estimate when it can deliver a release. for which we might either speed up or delay a release to accommodate the needs of that event).

Software Review 66

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Software 66

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The previous approaches to project performance management and production of the Estimate to Complete and Estimate at Completion make use of past performance. Estimating Models for Program Management," Norman Womer and Jeff Cman, Final Technical Reports, N00014-00-1-0280, Unversity of Mississippi, 2003. Data Mining | DMIN'17.

Aerospace 41

Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates. So when people are asked how much time something will take, and they are offered an initial estimate of 20 days, their own estimates will gravitate towards that number. . Examples in the workplace. Illusory superiority.

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2015 2014 2004 Influencer 221

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Since many 2020 conferences have been cancelled, probably you miss networking and would like to enrich and share your occupational knowledge. Biggest Online Project Management Conferences in 2021. Read further to choose the events that fit your goals and interests. . Check out the website to learn more. Pricing: starting from 250 EUR.

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2021 Technical Review Construction Software Review 98

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. Agile Software Development (#ASD). Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Avaramidlis and J.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The presentation " Quantifying the Impact of Agile Practices ," Larry MacCherone at the RallyOn 2013 Conference, presents some results on estimating impacts. The chart below shows 4 estimating types, including No Estimates, the sample sizes for each type and the components that make up the estimating types.

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Estimate Agile 2013 Software Developers 28