The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How would you categorize construction, architecture and engineering companies? If you think about it, the construction, architecture and engineering part of it is just about the type of projects they do. Project Businesses need to govern their business activities in the same way traditional industries have.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Nearly 70% of project professionals thought that team management was crucial, with 62% reporting they felt project control and governance was key. There were 3 different systems that needed integration and the Engineering Manager thought it would be good experience for a junior developer to work on the project. Case study.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 18, 2023

If you are asking them to work more, are you at risk of burnout in the team? There are also risks associated with rushing through tasks, such as increased chances for errors or mistakes due to inadequate planning and execution. Just in a slightly uncomfortable-feeling order while increasing the risk profile of the project!

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. engineering, IT, human resources, etc.), Also known as continuous process improvement.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

The importance of risk management in IT cannot be overstated. However, with this reliance comes the inherent risks of cyber threats, data breaches, and operational disruptions. Once the risks have been identified and assessed, organizations must develop and implement strategies to manage and mitigate them.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 2, 2017

For non-trivial problems in any domain, Systems Engineering provides a starting framework for identifying problems, assessing possible solutions, implementing those solutions, measuring the performance of the efforts to deliver the solutions and the effectiveness of those solutions. Related articles.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2020

Knowing how to estimate project duration can help teams become more efficient and improve on-time and on-budget delivery. . When it comes to project management time estimation, there are a couple of likely scenarios. Read on to learn how to achieve realistic project duration estimates for your future projects. .

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Paul Boos has a post about estimating and makes a case for the Principles of when NOT to estimate. This struck a cord around a bigger topic - the inversion of estimating. When should we NOT estimate? Then on to the original conjecture for No Estimates from Paul's post. That is, to make decision with “No estimates”.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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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. This early work took me into other fields of engineered systems.

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nTask

MAY 5, 2021

Cost benefit analysis allows you to choose the options that minimize risk while giving you the greatest potential benefit in the see of options in front of you. Using the benefit cost analysis tool allows you to minimize risks and maximize gains giving your project the best chance at being a success. Cost of Potential Risks.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. requires making estimates) ? Risk Management Papers. “A

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Agile Project Management is Systems Engineering? Risk Management. Handling Risk on High Technology Programs.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Susanne Madsen

MAY 23, 2018

​A project is a unique undertaking that’s full of risk and uncertainty, because it has never been done before in that exact way. Just consider the most important techniques we use as project managers: we define scope, analyse requirements, plan and estimate work, add contingency, manage risks, track changes and check the quality.

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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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This view of the system of producing value in exchange for money ignores the principles of systems engineering. . Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles. The Measures of Performance are.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2019

According to NASA, there were an estimated 400,000 people involved in making the moon landing possible. This included teams of scientists, engineers and technicians, many who had not worked in aerospace before. It’s library of the internet, a collaborative engine of knowledge that is constantly evolving.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? What would be the evidence that we could make decisions in the presence of uncertanty without estimating the impacts and outcomes of those decisions? . Start here.

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Productivity Land

MAY 18, 2023

Latest Statistics about Identity Theft Identity theft is more than an abstract threat; it’s a widespread issue with alarming statistics: An estimated 15 million Americans had their identities stolen in 2021, with a majority of cases going unreported (Javelin Strategy & Research, 2022). million reports of identity theft in 2021.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

The project manager will also need to manage assumptions and risks related to the project. government began using it to manage complex defense projects. Project Cost Management : This knowledge area focuses on the processes and activities required to plan, estimate, budget, and control the costs of a project.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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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. But we view the transitioning risk template as proprietary knowledge not to be shared.”. Step 5: Implementation of Changes.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We're working on a White Paper for the Joint Space Cost Council which is an organization composed of government (NRO, NASA, USAF, and others) and industry representatives with an interest in space. Our topic is Increasing the Probability of Program Success Thorugh Continuous Risk Management. . Risk-Adjusted Plans. Cost Impacts.

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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. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. First, let's establish a principle.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Project baseline, budget estimates accuracy, schedule and project phasing, effective project performance (reviews) and measurement - 8.96%. Understanding & continuous management of risk; visibility of risk register 1.13%. Right-sized systems engineering; managing and procuring in right-sized project ‘chunks’ 0.78%.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Of course, each of these questions and answers must be risk-adjusted since. Risk Management is Project Management for Adults - Tim Lister. And finally, since all project work operates in the presence of uncertainty, we must make estimates in order to execute the project in a Closed Loop manner. Resources .

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MPUG

JULY 29, 2019

In my previous article , I raised the question of whether or not duration estimation can be done without making any assumptions. These are scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and resources. A Government department has announced a public welfare scheme that should benefit every citizen.

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Project Accelerator News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Despite the slow economy and provisional estimates which suggested lower mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity at the start of 2023, there were 365 mergers and acquisitions involving UK Companies during Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2023 according to the Office of National Statistics. You should be given a cape!

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Lead Course Developer for Edwards Performance Solutions, as such he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. So if you go looking like, “Where’s my risk register?

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Herding Cats

MAY 19, 2017

It is popular to claim we've never done this before, so how can we possibly estimate the cost and schedule. In that world, we still made estimates of the cost to design, build, and operate the experiment. In that world, we still made estimates of the cost to design, build, and operate the experiment. IT Risk Management.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

The emergence of projects as the economic engine of our times may have been silent, but it is incredibly disruptive and powerful. Chapter 3) the author points out that ‘project management’ is not for free, and that companies should be careful about deciding what is and what is not a project. The Project Canvas.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Information technology project risk often comes from non-technical aspects of the initiative. Following are lessons learned that we built into our Project Engineering Process: What value will be derived from this solution? We automate problems". Lessons Learned . Increase Revenues? Cost Savings/Avoidance? Cost Reduction?

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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 ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

in sustainable development and environment, and he has over 25 years of experience in various areas of project management including government, finance, consulting, manufacturing, and education. now I’ve got to do a risk analysis. We’re taught just to think about risks to the project. It’s estimated by 2050 it’ll be over 50%.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

These elements include: Risk Assessment: Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities that could impact the business. This involves conducting a thorough analysis of internal and external factors that may pose a risk to the organization’s operations. Note: This article was created with the assistance of an AI engine.

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Herding Cats

MAY 23, 2016

The on-going discussions that Decisions can be made in the absence of estimates reminds me of this concept. . So the decision to estimate or not estimate rarely belongs to the developers spending the business's money. Intentional Disregard for Good Engineering Practices? How to Estimate Any Software Problem.

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