The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

engineering, IT, human resources, etc.), Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Project Closure Report A document summarizing the project’s overall performance, outcomes, and lessons learned.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , 57 (4), pp.

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Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

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. What is your actual condition? .

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2010 Governance Government Performance Measurement 39

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

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. Lipovetsky, Aaron Shenhar, and A.

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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. Impacts of Risk on Program Performance. System Engineering Processes. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects. Cost Impacts.

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Aerospace Estimate Governance Government 37

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

I spent the week speaking at the College of Performance Management conference where government and industry come together to work on the issues of cost, schedule, and technical performance management process improvement needed to increase the probability of program success. Technical Performance Measures.

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Software Engineering Performance Measurement Finance Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Technical Performance Measures are one of four measures describing how a project is making progress to plan. Measure of Effectiveness. Measure of Performance.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. 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

JULY 9, 2018

The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. The principal purposes of supporting the engineering of these systems are fulfilled by these emergent behaviors. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. Evolutionary Development. Knowledge ?

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2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 31

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

That's why I strive to create an environment with mutual trust between the engineers and the different stakeholders. We engineers should always keep in mind that software development is usually one part of many others inside the company. This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business.

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Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. The principal purposes of supporting the engineering of these systems are fulfilled by these emergent behaviors. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected. Evolutionary Development. Knowledge ?

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2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. This is the paradigm of the Cone of Uncertainty - it's a planned development compliance engineering tool, not an after the fact data collection tool. 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

JUNE 9, 2018

Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context. Yet, in many companies and organizations, software business relationships to software development and engineering remain vague. [6]. A final Thought . 1] "What Causes Cost Overrun in Transport Infrastructure Projects?"

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

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. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. 2] IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SXE-10, Janurary, 1981, pp.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Misaligned Incentives : Tying management incentives to traditional performance measures incompatible with Scrum or agile principles​​. Implement Agile Governance : Create agile governance structures that support rapid decision-making, prioritization, and resource allocation based on the evolving needs of the project and organization.

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SCRUM ChatGPT Technical Review Development Team Review 179

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context. Yet, in many companies and organizations, software business relationships to software development and engineering remain vague. [6]. A final Thought . 1] "What Causes Cost Overrun in Transport Infrastructure Projects?"

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Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

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.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

No matter the engineering processes used to produce the outcomes from the project. No matter the size of the project. No matter the project domain. There are Five Immutable Principles of project success. These principles are Immutable because they are universally applicable.

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Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

Did this Programmatic Architecture define all the player, what they were accountable for, the units of measure to assess the credibility, validity, quality, and compliance of their products with the PEP? We play this role in ERP acquisitions for commercial and government clients . What were the selection criteria?

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Software Review Technical Review Engineering 2018 41

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Supporting artifacts such as the WBS, WBS Dictionary, Basis of Estimates (BOE), and the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) are available to help define the scope of the work to be performed and especially the entrance and exit criteria for key program Events. Collect Input Information.

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Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, 1 (1984): 4-21. Boehm, Barry W. Programmatic ?

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Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

There are cost people, scheduling people, risk people, EVM people, engineers, testers, and others on any program. Technical performance is likewise difficult to integrate with either cost or schedule because its units of measure vary with the subject matter. Because each discipline tends to operate within its own stovepipe.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Systems Engineering. Systems engineering is a methodical, multi-disciplinary approach for design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. Systems Engineering looks at the big picture to make technical decisions. Systems Engineering is a Logical way of Thinking.

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Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

There are several partitions of this information that are common in building the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. Several other government estimating organizations. The PMB is a time phased, budgeted description of the project.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For instance, if a particular engineering team is stretched thin, all projects dependent on that team will experience delays. Consider an engineer scheduled for four 8-hour tasks in a 40-hour week. Since capacity isn’t project-specific but shared, a deficit impacts multiple projects.

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2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Government – Federal. Engineering. Government – City/State/Local. Implement/enhance performance measurement process – 39%. [13]. 116,100. . 113,000. . Information/. Technology. 107,200. . Construction/. 104,800. . Financial Services. 104,500. . Telecommu-. 102,800. . Healthcare. 101,800. . Automotive/.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2008 mortgage crisis for example (although many did an made lots of money), the government didn't. An important outcome of Macroeconomics is establishing the appropriate interest rates in an economy, where the government sets a base rate and banks work from there. Microeconomics is about individual or company behaviors.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

This always takes us back the coupling and cohesion discussion all of us who were Software Engineers in the 1980's . Allen School of Computer Science Software Engineering Course . The product or service you're producing will have interdependencies between components. Highly coupled have program units dependent on each other.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

He was not a program manager of engineered to order software intensive system of systems. In our domain this is the Performance Measurement Baseline, which is a time-phased budget plan for accomplishing work against which contract performance is measured. Hayek was a social scientist. probably not.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

This always takes us back the coupling and cohesion discussion all of us who were Software Engineers in the 1980's . Allen School of Computer Science Software Engineering Course . The product or service you're producing will have interdependencies between components. Highly coupled have program units dependent on each other.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 28

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO): A dedicated department within an organization that's responsible for the governance of projects, programs, and portfolios across the organization. A project sponsor can request an audit.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager 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 cyber security. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back. We want to be first.

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