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. Resources .

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2010 Governance Government Performance Measurement 39

International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Gap can also exist for performance improvement expectations such as: Reduction in risk by a certain percentage, cost, or time. Improvement in estimating accuracy by a certain percentage or dollar value. Comparing benchmarking data is often difficult to do if the two companies have very different project management cultures.

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Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. 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. The Cone of Uncertanty does NOT need data to validate it is the correct paradigm. This extended post covers.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Drawing Unsupported Conclusions from Incomplete and Inconclusive Data, it is not only natural but also laudable, to seek evidence that confirms something that we hold to be true. I've seen estimates abused by bad managers, so let's NOT estimate and that will fix the behavior of Bad Managers." Let's look at what an estimate is.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

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 Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 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 Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance. There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

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). This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). Related articles.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. Before diving into the details of these, let me address another issue that has come up around project success and estimates.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2003 Aerospace 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. System One is an unconscious system that is automatic, fast, efficient at using the data or experience it already knows. In Kahnemann's Thinking Fast and Slow there are three biases. †.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Managing Government Grant Projects at Arizona Public Service - APS management process for Department of Energy grant for algae CO2 capture project. Project Performance Management.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. System One is an unconscious system that is automatic, fast, efficient at using the data or experience it already knows. In Kahnemann's Thinking Fast and Slow there are three biases. †.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 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.

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Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Governance 34

MPUG

JUNE 27, 2022

I myself found that at both a major bank and a major government department, project managers were re-baselining their projects every week, and when I asked why, their answers essentially were, “Just because we can.” Ellen clarified: “Do you re-baseline your entire project every week?” “Yes” Yes” was the emphatic answer.

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Governance Government Estimate Performance Measurement 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

If the IMP is being prepared as part of a proposal, then the Request for Proposal (RFP) and RFP attachments will be the primary documents to define the work to be performed. The RFP normally includes a Statement of Work (SOW) and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) that are invaluable in determining the scope of the IMP.

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Planning Software Review Governance Government 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. We play this role in ERP acquisitions for commercial and government clients .

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Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

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.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. Each of the categories operates in the presence of uncertainty and requires that estimates be made about the probability, conseqeunce of the resutling risk.

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Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

Reductionism must be replaced by emergence where the complex system of data and processes and the sum of the pieces and parts provides a deeper insight into the functions of the system. Earned Value Management (EVM) often anchors such a performance measurement system in DoD programs.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

What are the “units of measure” for this increasing maturity? The answers to each of these questions require making estimates in the presence of uncertainty. No Point Estimate of Cost or Duration can be Correct. A common distribution of probabilistic estimates for cost and schedule random variables is the Triangle Distribution.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The data and statistics below are sorted into categories so you can quickly skim to find the information you need. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5]. Re-entering lost data: 45%.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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.

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Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Without knowing what Done Looks Like, in units of Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Technical Performance Measures (TPM) - are defined at the start of a program—the planned progress of selected technical parameters. MOPs can be accumulated to assess a MOE that is not directly measurable.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

The reason for this is that the "data" from which the economic calculus starts are never for the whole society "given" to a single mind which could work out the implications, and can never be so given. First some questions: Is the economic data for the project available in a single mind? probably not. What is a Team?

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

That means the system architecture, the process flow, the data flow architecture components all how NO dependencies on other. Data and Process Independence might be a goal, but even then the reality of a complex system like Health Insurance is simply not a set of Independent set of User Stories assembled into a system.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

That means the system architecture, the process flow, the data flow architecture components all how NO dependencies on other. Data and Process Independence might be a goal, but even then the reality of a complex system like Health Insurance is simply not a set of Independent set of User Stories assembled into a system.

Underperforming Technical Team 28

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 28

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Meaning to say creating value, organizational governance and systems, functions associated with projects, the project environment, and product management considerations all provide the context for how project management could be conducted. The planning performance domain, right? Unbiased, reliable data. The planning.

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PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59