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Project Management, Performance Measures, and Statistical Decision Making

Herding Cats

I work in the Software Intensive System of Systems domains in Aerospace, Defense, Enterprise IT (both commercial and government) applying Agile, Earned Value Management, Productive Statistical Estimating (both parametric and Monte Carlo), Risk Management, and Root Cause Analysis with a variety of capabilities. NASA Cost Estimating Handbook.

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Software Intensive System of Systems

Herding Cats

Often, these systems can readily exchange only information and knowledge with one another, and not substantial quantities of physical mass or energy. The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

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Fallacy of the Day

Herding Cats

Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures. Open Loop Control System.

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Software Intensive System of Systems

Herding Cats

Often, these systems can readily exchange only information and knowledge with one another, and not substantial quantities of physical mass or energy. The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, an excellence enabling instrument

International Institute for Learning

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. Therefore, it will be necessary to benchmark the metrics use as part of performance measurement.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. System One requires very little energy or attention. In Kahnemann's Thinking Fast and Slow there are three biases. †. Or - and this is a critical point - it thinks it knows.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. System One requires very little energy or attention. In Kahnemann's Thinking Fast and Slow there are three biases. †. Or - and this is a critical point - it thinks it knows.