Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

When we encounter engineering problems that are beyond the de minimis category, they usually involve some form of mathematics. Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers. Probability & Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences. Probability, Statistics, Measurements, Calculus and the like.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants. Phases in Software Development. Concept Development.

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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.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Mine is in hard science and systems engineering.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Decision Making on Software Development Projects Is Both Simple and Complex at the Same Time. Reducible risk requires estimating the probability distribution of the occurrence. Irreducible risk requires estimating the statistical distribution of the naturally occurring processes. Risk management requires estimating.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It promotes an adaptable approach to product development and deployment, allowing firms to adjust swiftly to input and create products that consumers enjoy. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban.

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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

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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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

MARCH 23, 2017

In the estimating business, like many things in project management, there is confusion about principles, practices, and processes. A good estimation approach should provide estimates that are within 25% of the actual results, 75% of the time. Software Engineering Metrics and Models. Dunsmore and V.Y.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the outcome of that decision on our probability of success. Any criticism of the NO Estimates statement is met with being blocked from the discussion. Any criticism of the NO Estimates statement is met with being blocked from the discussion.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Pawel Brodzinski is CEO of Lunar Logic , a Warsaw, Poland-based strategic management and business services company that provides UX consulting, business services, and web development consulting and services. He writes consistently on his blog about software development and lean, Kanban and agile development principles.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Mine is in hard science and systems engineering.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. Peter Drucker (1975) Management (From The Principles of Software Engineering , Chapter 6, Tom Glib, 1988). Without these estimates, there is no risk management. And as Tim Lister reminds us .

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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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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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Herding Cats

MARCH 8, 2017

When we hear that the next big thing in agile is Not Estimating, let's look to see how those 12 Principles can be applied without those estimates? . How estimates help implement these principles. Without estimates what is missing. Always a good idea, no matter the development method. 12 Principles of Agile.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

Likewise, there are defined, repeatable IT projects that can (and have been) successfully managed using meticulous planning, detailed estimation, and formal change control procedures. Here, formal planning and estimation are difficult because we don’t know what we will encounter. Consider the process of designing a new car or home.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 22, 2019

Famously, software engineer and author Tim Lister said that: “Risk management is how adults manage projects.” But in the even less-certain new world of large-scale software development, that was looking increasingly difficult. Employ the assets you deliver. Plan our work to accommodate risks and contingencies.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

This hybrid of business and engineering skills is a superpower. According to the Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession survey , 81% of top-performing companies prioritize the development of technical project management skills. Estimate the time, effort, and resources for an entire project. How websites work.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2016

But in technical systems - engineered technical systems - the system has to work when commanded to do so. I come to this systems domain from the Software Intensive System of Systems paradigm. This is the domain of Systems Engineering, that many times is based on the principles of Ackoff and others like him. Estimating Guidance.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Scrum can help estimate the total cost of production. Story pointing allows teams to estimate the near to the accurate cost of building new features and allows teams to prioritize tasks based on their difficulty. The course is designed for members involved in the software development process. Coach and Mentor .

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

ways to make decisions with No Estimates. Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. can we make a decision in the presence of Uncertainty without making an estimate of the impact or outcome of that decision? An estimate is. It's a fallacy.

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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 ? As more details get developed, the Cone converges to the actual value. Steve McConnell.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Agile is used in a wide range of industries, including software development, IT, construction, engineering, and many others Hybrid Hybrid combines elements of traditional and agile pm to create a customized approach that meets the specific needs of the project.

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nTask

JANUARY 14, 2021

Just to name a few: Website design and development. Software development. Mobile app development. Search engine optimization projects. Search engine marketing projects. If you work as a digital project manager, there are many different types of digital projects you could work on. Content strategy.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 21, 2022

A sprint plan is laid out for all the developers and other individuals needed to complete the project on time. Sprints are an essential part of agile software development. In the software development industry, sprints are often used as a viable alternative to project management methodologies like the waterfall model.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Integrating Agile Software Development with Earned Value Management , College of Performance Management, IPM Workshop, 2015. Agile Project Management is Systems Engineering?

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Herding Cats

JUNE 15, 2016

Estimating and Making Decisions in Presence of Uncertainty. Intentional Disregard for Good Engineering Practices? These are business systems. So if we're going to make improvements in the spend of IT for better value, let's start here. . . Related articles. What's in a Domain?

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

There are many who have the misconception that Agile is just for software development. It has been and is being used for manufacturing, engineering, construction, testing, and many other project processes that require iterations or iterative working sessions leading to a final result. Understanding Agile.

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies — also known as Scrum ceremonies or just ‘events’ — are specific events that provide a structured framework for iterative software development processes. Agile is an umbrella term for different iterative and feedback-driven software development processes. Update user stories to properly estimate tasks.

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Herding Cats

MAY 23, 2016

Estimating is part of all decision making in the presence of uncertainty. Accuracy and precision are two primary attributes of all estimates. We all know estimates are hard. But there are lots of hard things in the development of enterprise software. In engineering schools it is.

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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. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In discussing the delivery capacity of a software development team, we can say “velocity” and everyone knows we mean the amount of work the team can complete, on average, in a given time interval , and we don’t mean, literally, va=v+v02. “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. In the late twenty century, many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Relative sizing/estimating. Agile Estimating and Sprint Planning – 10 hours on demand. Implementing Scrum and Agile Software Development – 12 hours on demand or 2 days classroom. Other Agile practices that teams have found to be valuable to incorporate for traditional projects include: Information radiators. And others.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

A project budget plan provides a comprehensive overview of the financial aspects of the project, including the estimated costs, resources required, and potential risks. By considering various scenarios and estimating costs, project managers can proactively manage risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate possible disruptions.

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