Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This, of course, is a violation of the principles of Managerial Finance and Microeconomics of software development in the presence of uncertainty and scarce resources. Software Project Cost Estimation . There are numerous horror stories about software development cost and schedule overruns. It bad management ?

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Finance 60

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. How to create a rolling wave plan. Finally, include the long-range tasks.

Planning 395

Planning Governance Government 2015 395

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. These styles aim to ensure enhanced team cohesion and commitment towards achieving project success in prolonged project cycles.

2024 167

2024 Artificial Inteligence Sustainability 2023 167

Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. Control risks Develop prevention and reaction strategies for known and potential risks. What is a SWOT analysis?

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Development Team Review 100

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

Aerospace 147

Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The task here is to identify, analyze, control and ultimately minimize risks. This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. Even if known, these risks are much less controllable. This is also an external risk that can hardly be controlled.

Risk 172

Risk Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 172

NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

These factors include the skills (and upskill) requirements on individuals, changing and dynamic roles and responsibilities among team members, levels of autonomy, control and empowerment available to individuals and teams. A project owner can be focused on defining the project vision and goals.

Agile 119

Agile Influencer Leadership Governance 119

Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, about which software to buy, which Features in the development backlog should be implemented next, what prices to charge for products and services. Software development is an exercise in microeconomics, since it deals with limited resources - time, cost, and what value is produced in exchange for the time and money.

Software Developers 40

Software Developers Software Development Software Software Engineering 40

Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This is especially important in software development projects, where terms such as deployment , release , go-live , and implementation get used interchangeably, causing endless confusion and misalignment. Consider your risks and put controls in place Step 6. Project control. What is an implementation plan? Risk approach.

Planning 88

Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Software Developers 88

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. Software-intensive systems include: . Good question.

Software Developers 39

Software Developers Software Development Engineering Software 39

Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

The Definition of Done in Scrum serves a higher purpose than merely checking off tasks as in quality control. It comprises of everything necessary to ship the Product Increment to our customers, including but not limited to engineering standards, governance, and legal requirements. Scrum’s Nature: It Is a Tool — Conclusion.

Software Review 178

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Engineering 178

MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

RUP was developed by Rational Corporation which was later acquired by IBM. It is an iterative software development approach which divides the project lifecycle into four phases: Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition. I had to learn about RUP because our company had adopted it to implement and manage projects.

Project Life Cycle 103

Project Life Cycle Process Construction Closing 103

Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Third, how are we reproducing working tests in software? Additionally, we need to consider how we organize teams in the presence of dependencies, how we orchestrate and govern those dependencies, and what we measure and control around the team. How are we orchestrating and governing those dependencies?

Agile 118

Agile Software Review Certification Technical Review 118

Planio

MAY 8, 2023

Monitoring and controlling 5. IT projects still require planning, control, teamwork, and leadership — and for that, organizations use IT project management frameworks to maximize their success. ⚔️ Same situation: They’ll lead experts such as Software Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, or Infrastructure Managers.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Infrastructure 78

TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. ERP systems can offer companies robust tools to manage long and tasking workloads like accounting, scheduling, projects, and development. What is ERP Software?

Software Review 62

Software Review Software Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 62

TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you want to ensure that your team can manage their complex projects and operations, ERP software may be the solution. ERP systems can offer companies robust tools to manage long and tasking workloads like accounting, scheduling, projects, and development. What is ERP Software? Popular ERP Features and Functionality.

Software Review 62

Software Review Software Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 62

Project Pulse Journal

MAY 10, 2024

Every project inherently involves change, whether introducing new healthcare systems, new software development practices or processes, or altering existing operational methods. Functions of the Change Control Board: Evaluation and Approval Their primary responsibility is to evaluate all proposed changes to the project.

Change Management 52

Change Management 2024 Technical Review Sustainability 52

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Take control of your projects and programs today and start seeing the benefits of strategic project management. A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. What is a Project Management Office?

PMO 52

PMO Governance Government 2014 52

Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Teams that have the right degree of peer-pressure to keep each other accountable are less likely to suffer from collective under performance, and to fall back to top-down control later. Phase 2: people from different industries are inspired by, and learn from what happens in the software world. Agility becomes an org-wide priority.

Underperforming Technical Team 119

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 119

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This definition ensures transparency and quality control as features pass the development process. It may include coding, testing (unit, integration, system), documentation, design approvals, and any other conditions the team deems necessary in a software development project.

Software Review 52

Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 2024 52

MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

These include : Definition Planning Execution Control Closure Defining the Project In this stage, the role of a project manager is to define what the project is and what the users hope to achieve by undertaking the project. government began using it to manage complex defense projects. Now the work of the project begins.

Certification 52

Certification PMI Logistics Construction 52

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 30, 2020

That can include networking, hardware, software, the internet and the people that work with these things. Related: IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning. ProjectManager.com is an online project management software that organizes projects, including when those projects are dealing with IT problems.

Technical Review 261

Technical Review Infrastructure Software Review Information Technology 261

Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

There’s no need for fancy software or hours of reading time, instead, an executive summary is a quick update that’s read in a matter of minutes. The budget and scope remain on track, but there are risks to the project’s software development resources following a resignation. Helps to clarify the project’s vision and objectives.

Executing 88

Executing Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 88

Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. Principle of Product Development Flow.

Lean 79

Lean Software Review 2010 2014 79

Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Planning & control is out; experiment is in. Aims to speed up software development. Model is suitable for software development, non-routine activities and requires a streamlined IT architecture. Are organizations in which volunteers develop a resource for the whole world to use. The Spotify model.

Technical Review 82

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 82

Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 29, 2019

What Is Gantt Chart Software and Why Is It Significant for Project Management? To prevent this, you should use the proper tools – for example, Gantt chart software – to predict and solve problems your business might confront. Modern software for project management applies Gantt charts to monitor, control, and plan project tasks.

2019 78

2019 Healthcare Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing 78

Leading Agile

MAY 19, 2021

The latest report on software development from the organization’s consultant, a Big 4 Firm, concluded that his organization needed more separation of duties. At a high level in my non-lawyer basic premise, Separation of Duties controls are to ensure changing the software is done with intent and validation for correctness.

Governance 62

Governance Government Consulting Software Developers 62

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Though whatever the case, we can say for sure that Scrum is very popular in software development. Introduction.

SCRUM 230

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 230

The IIL Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This could be due to bias in the coding – who is at fault legally–is it the software owner, developer, purchaser, or project team for not doing appropriate assurances and testing? For example, who is at fault when the AI denies a customer a service that leads to personal hardship and harm?

Artificial Inteligence 137

Artificial Inteligence Software Review 2023 Technical Review 137

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

Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

In the third section we get an overview of some routine meetings like the daily scrum, demos, governance meetings and teleconferences. Conducting a meeting: make the path visible and start down it and control the dialogue. The project planning meeting is a proven mechanism to develop an effective project plan. Conclusion.

Software Review 93

Software Review Process Lean Leadership 93

Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough. Kanban is a preferred framework for implementing Agile and DevOps software development. Conclusion.

Lean 98

Lean 2011 Cadence Innovation 98

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Limited control over the project, leads to confusion and erratic process flow. While Agile was designed keeping the software and the IT industry in mind, it has become highly relevant to many other industries around the world. Reducing the number of bugs (in software development), or. Sets unrealistic client expectations.

Prince2 122

Prince2 Lean SCRUM Governance 122

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Whether developing new software or launching a marketing campaign, this approach ensures that your projects are as adaptive as the project environment. Lean may also combined with software development tools and techniques. It is widely recognized and used by the UK government and internationally.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Software Review 52

LiquidPlanner

JULY 7, 2020

This is the time when project managers need to take control, look ahead, stay productive, and identify mitigation options, which can be especially challenging when a project shuts down overnight, as has been the case during the coronavirus crisis. Fail to plan, plan to fail; it’s that simple.”.

Underperforming Technical Team 156

Underperforming Technical Team 2012 Retail PMI 156

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Federal and state governments. Software development. Defining the right methodology or development process for your organization will have a profound impact on controlling the schedule, costs, and quality of a project. They came up with the Agile Manifesto to streamline the development process. Health care.

Retail 119

Retail PMI 2001 2011 119

Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

There’s not a lot in the Agile community right now that basically says how do we apply systems engineering and systems thinking to how the assembly line of software happens? What does the supply chain for software at scale look like? There is a deep understanding, a deep exploration of the theory of software over time.

Engineering 70

Engineering Agile Software Review SCRUM 70