Remove Definition Remove Governance Remove Performance Measurement Remove Software Development
article thumbnail

Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn.

PMI 195
article thumbnail

Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: And welcome to Part 2 of MPUG’s Project Performance Measurement course.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Project A project is something that has a definite start and end (i.e., Project Closure Report A document summarizing the project’s overall performance, outcomes, and lessons learned.

article thumbnail

4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

Herding Cats

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.

article thumbnail

Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

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. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

article thumbnail

Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Or ANY software project for that matter. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. First a definition.

article thumbnail

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

Herding Cats

Here's a simple definition of the Cone of Uncertainty: . The Measure that is modeled in the Cone the variable is the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measure. This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM).