Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Governance. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

ProjectManager.com

JULY 9, 2018

Get current with software tools that can help you do things like monitor and measure the progress of your initiatives. These bridge jobs often lead to bigger and better things, but they also offer more experience and can expand your sphere of influence. There’s a chance your estimation of the market rate is wrong.

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Consulting Software Review Monitoring Closing 200

Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

Macroeconomics is the study of how people make decisions influenced by tax rates, interest rates foreign policy, and trade policy. 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. This is the foundation for estimates.

Software Developers 40

Software Developers Software Development Software Software Engineering 40

Proofhub

JANUARY 4, 2021

As you start your project, you need to take the initiative on the preparatory work, from preparing the scope, estimating the costs, assigning resources, and creating a project timeline, to getting sign-off on the key performance indicators. There are so many factors, both internal and external, that influence project success.

Initiating 127

Initiating Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Monitoring 127

Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Establish project governance: Project charter templates help to identify key stakeholders and team members involved in the project, e.g., project sponsors, project manager, and team lead, indicating who is responsible for specific tasks and who has the authority to make decisions. This includes personnel, equipment, and funding.

Project Life Cycle 36

Project Life Cycle Risk Management Software Review Construction 36

Online PM Courses

MAY 7, 2018

Some of my readers may hope to influence the risk culture of their whole organization. And the process for creating a robust risk management culture within your project can apply equally if you get a chance to influence your wider organization. This will hep you improve your budget and schedule estimates, and therefore reduceover-runs.

Risk 93

Risk Risk Management Underperforming Technical Team Governance 93

ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2019

Their music is the soundtrack of an era and continues to influence musicians to this day. According to NASA, there were an estimated 400,000 people involved in making the moon landing possible. There was no central government and the risk of the new nation falling apart was even more of a concern than it is today!

Software Review 218

Software Review Aerospace Logistics Engineering 218

MPUG

JULY 29, 2019

in his famous book, The Mythical Man-Month , wrote, “Adding human resources to a late software project makes it later.” In my previous article , I raised the question of whether or not duration estimation can be done without making any assumptions. Aren’t there other project management factors that influence a project?

Engineering 94

Engineering Manufacturing Governance Government 94

Epicflow Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

It involves setting clear goals, defining roles, estimating time and costs required for project implementation, planning resources. For this reason, educational institutions often lack enough financial and material resources for their projects, e.g. computers, equipment, software, etc. Improper planning.

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2003 Budget Planning 2020 98

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. We develop software for the airline industry.” Our guest is Dr. Joel Carboni. He holds a Ph.D. He goes, “It just doesn’t relate to me.”

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Underperforming Technical Team Construction Certification 98

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. Estimating has not changed.

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PMI Artificial Inteligence Governance Government 59

Wrike

APRIL 25, 2021

By following the relationship between these two factors, forecasters can estimate a business’s performance. Managers and forecasters must consider the stage of the product or business as this influences the availability of data and how you establish relationships between variables. Costs and benefits of the forecast.

Artificial Inteligence 36

Artificial Inteligence Estimate Software Review Governance 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

The right project scheduling software will speed up finding the answer, but you still need to be able to act on what it is telling you. They’ll tell you how the project activities are linked and you enter the data into the planning software. Get your estimates. Great – that works fine for simple projects.

Critical Chain 341

Critical Chain Software Review Budget Risk Management 341

Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Software development is Micro, not Macro.

Process 45

Process Estimate Software Developers Software Development 45

Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Prepare a Business Case : Outline the reasons for undertaking the project, including the estimated costs, timelines, benefits, and risks involved. This should include cost estimates, resource availability, and technology assessments. Prioritize : Classify stakeholders based on their influence and interest in the project.

Initiating 40

Initiating Technical Review Prince2 Risk Management 40

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

Planio

JUNE 19, 2023

In fact, studies have shown that around 27% of projects fail because of inaccurate task estimates, with another 11% failing due to undefined task dependencies. navy in the 1950s, the Program Evaluation Review Technique (or PERT) helps project managers worldwide estimate, plan, and visualize their projects in a way that allows them to succeed.

Planning 15

Planning Development Team Review Estimate Technical Review 15

Herding Cats

MAY 25, 2018

In Software Value of something is totally unrelated to Cost. Knowing the difference between cost, price, and value in the software development domain is critical to producing profitability for the project or product, and the firm. Let's Look at a Non-Software Example First . This is true for plumbing as well as software.

Finance 37

Finance Estimate Manufacturing Software 37

Herding Cats

JULY 10, 2016

Can you make a non-trivial (NOT de minimis) decision in the presence of uncertainty without estimating? They started with “Estimates are a waste, stop doing them.” Those advocates also started with the notion that estimates are a waste for the developers. The size of the “value at risk” is also the starting point for estimates.

Estimate 28

Estimate Finance Risk Management Governance 28

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. An Open-Loop system, is a non-feedback system, where the output – the desired state – has no influence or effect on the control action of the input signal. .

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Herding Cats

MAY 25, 2018

In Software Value of something is totally unrelated to Cost. Knowing the difference between cost, price, and value in the software development domain is critical to producing profitability for the project or product, and the firm. Let's Look at a Non-Software Example First . This is true for plumbing as well as software.

Finance 28

Finance Estimate Manufacturing Software 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

Describe those aspects of the physical environment, safety, security, and privacy that exert influence on the operation or operational environment of the proposed system. Can All This Formality Have Any Use in Modern Software Development? Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Related articles.

2014 38

2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

Proofhub

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

This can be a group of people, an individual, a whole organization, or even a government. Are there also people/entities who can influence my project in a negative way? Stakeholders who are affected by a high level and who have a great influence should be part of the project team or of the steering committee. as usual?—?visualize

Estimate 128

Estimate Risk Management Influencer Risk 128

MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Jeff is currently the lead course developer for Edward’s Performance Solution and oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. Or whoever’s governing this. You ask the question. It’s that last one.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 52

Planio

JANUARY 16, 2023

Lay your cards out by creating a solid governance structure. 5 tips for building influence and advancing your career. In this guide, we’ve collected the best project management tips for new project managers - from what skills to focus on to how to get settled in a new role, run projects, and build your influence. Get a mentor.

Influencer 78

Influencer Finance Risk Management Risk 78

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. Dorofee, et.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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. requires making estimates) ? reducible and irreducible ?

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

In 2021, the Project Management Institute estimated that by 2030 the global economy would need 25 million more project managers to keep up with the demand for change. Updating project management software to keep their team on track 9. But there’s a problem. Creating actionable project plans 5. Assessing and mitigating project risks 7.

Development Team Review 78

Development Team Review 2030 Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. 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." Macroeconomics is not. .

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Leading Agile

MAY 13, 2022

Framing is a way to communicate the context they want to shape and influence how the organization perceives reality. A frame is a set of one or more related ideas that influence or structure how one thinks about a topic. Work is estimable with precision. It defines the boundaries of what is relevant or acceptable to talk about.

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Governance Government Underperforming Technical Team Agile 117

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Governance (#Governance). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Strategy (#Strategy).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Teamweek

AUGUST 5, 2020

External factors : Government policies, union laws, and budget cycles too can influence capacity planning. Determine demand : Second, look at a project schedule and resource availability to estimate the demand for new resource capacity. You may also want to look at external factors when estimating this demand.

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Planning Estimate Budget 2020 90

Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

Functional requirements explain what your software must do and the steps to carry out that activity. To find out more detail about the requirements process, you can read my post on Software Project Requirements 101: What You Need to Know To Get You Started. Identifying activities, dependencies, sequencing, and time estimates.

Software Review 235

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Executing 235

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

We did an extensive analysis of various factors that influence waterfall project management. This helped us to simplify how nTask project management software can be used for solving such issues. What Dr. Royce was describing was a flawed model for software development as he argued for a model with multiple iterations or runs.

Software Review 97

Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review 97

Planio

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This is important for software projects, in particular, to ensure any new development meets your technological standards. Then, use the 3-point estimating technique to estimate how long each one will take. They work through creating a WBS before estimating and mapping the work to create a schedule.”.

Planning 78

Planning Risk Management Software Review Defining 78

Digite

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

He says, “The difference today is that machines are going after people with college degrees, political influence and Twitter accounts. In the last 10 years, advances in both computing technology and software, and access to large amounts of data, (thanks to the Internet and SaaS/ Cloud-based systems) are enabling the resurgence of AI.

Artificial Inteligence 141

Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2025 141