Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. Example of scope creep in software development. What causes scope creep?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2021

The following interview questions are neither suited nor intended to turn an inexperienced interviewer into an agile software development expert. 19 Product Owner Interview Questions on the Product Backlog, Refinement, Forecasts, and Estimates. Does this update change previous estimations? What items need to be split?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day. Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. .

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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. Stakeholder An individual, group, or organization with an interest or influence in a project or its outcomes.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 16, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Embarking on project estimations can often feel complex - where the path forward is unclear, and the potential for missteps is high. This is where the concept of T-shirt sizing shines as a simple estimation technique. What is T-shirt Sizing?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. The new schedule template covers both analogous and parametric estimating features. Oliver: Thank you Kyle.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. . A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management. It's as simple as that.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Initially coined by cognitive psychologist Lee Ross (1977), it happens when people underestimate the influence of the situation on the behavior of others while overestimating the influence of their personal traits and beliefs (Berry, 2015). When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the realm of software development, principles of DevOps and a commitment to technical excellence can further enhance the process. Originating from lean manufacturing principles, VSM's relevance has expanded, becoming a cornerstone in fields such as software development.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Someone from inside will already have connections and informal influence that will help you navigate change as the project management office goes through the creation process and the growing pains that follow. Who consistently gets work done? Identify these leaders and work to pull them into the ranks of your project team. Let’s discuss! .

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Software development is going to adopt Scrum as its operating approach to developing software. New items are added to the backlog by the product owner as they are identified and placed in the backlog according to the product owner’s estimate of their priority. By Steve P. You get the word: “We are going AGILE!”

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The most common applications of AI are expected to be part of estimating and controlling project cost and time, as well as resource management by determining the strength of employee qualifications from assignments to selected project activities. Advances in software development. Marr, 2020, and Dalcher, 2022).

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Planio

JANUARY 16, 2023

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. Building influence. Create quick wins for your project. Get a mentor.

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. This greatly influences the plan’s execution and determines to what degree targeted outcomes can be achieved.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Knowledge work’ refers to tasks that take place mostly in our minds, like predicting scope, setting up plannings, considering consequences of changes to complex systems, working out test cases and estimating complexity. This will affect all estimates and predictions.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Influence – We considered Moz’s Domain Authority (DA) to predict how a website can rank on Google’s SERP. Project Management Software Developers. What to expect: Mike’s blog helps software development teams improve their work through Agile and Scrum. PM Training And Consulting Companies. Mike Cohn’s Blog.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Define project timelines: Project charters include an estimated project schedule for the project to be completed. For example, a project focused on developing new software may have limitations that exclude developing new hardware, which would require a separate and expensive undertaking.

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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. This will show you how to break down your tasks, plan backward and forwards, estimate your timescales, and identify any dependencies. But there’s a problem.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Estimation is pretentious rationalism, where rationalism does not serve us well (extremistan)(sic) Take only risks you can survive. These estimates can not the ultimate truth since the underlying processes that create the uncertainties (aleatory and epistemic) are stochastic in nature - stationary or nonstationary. The Fallacy.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cost estimation isn’t simple — but creating a project budget that works for you and your client is practically an art form. It drives your decisions, influences your clients’ opinions, and is at the back of your mind almost every turn. Project budget vs. estimate. You can’t go over-estimate, but you can go over budget.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 11, 2024

Today, the WBS remains a fundamental tool in project management, with applications across various industries and methodologies, including software development. This decomposition continues until the work packages are small enough to be easily understood, estimated, assigned, and monitored. What is a WBS?

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Put a rough project cost estimate together and send it to the client for approval–poof, you’ve got a winning project budget. It drives your decisions, influences your clients’ opinions, and is at the back of your mind almost every turn. Project estimate vs. project budget. Anyone can create a client budget for a project.

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Techno-PM

JUNE 5, 2023

This allows teams to estimate effort, prioritize, and plan their work effectively. Iterative Development: Epics are developed iteratively, with each iteration delivering a portion of the epic's functionality. Why are they important in agile software development? What are some tips for creating successful epics?

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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. Microeconomics .

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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. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

PERT charts provide a visual representation of a project’s tasks, their dependencies, and the estimated time needed to complete each task. Estimated time durations for each task: Allow project managers to gauge the overall timeline of the project. This allows them to prioritize resources and address potential risks promptly.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 25, 2017

Who sets the priorities for the software developers? The traditional software development team is comprised of the following roles: Role. Leads the technical solution delivery and directs software development team. Translates business requirements into specific system requirements for software development.

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PM Basics

JUNE 17, 2020

It fully comes from my practical experience in managing software development projects for nine years. You influence people in a positive way so that they feel the desire to follow your project management approach while doing their best to finish the assigned tasks. This is complete guide on leadership in project management.

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Planio

AUGUST 9, 2021

Estimate task time and effort. But to correctly estimate start and end times , you first need to know what needs to be done at a high level, what resources you’ll require, and a basic outline of their order. At a minimum, you should know what type of person you’re basing your estimate on. Estimation. Decision-making.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

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Planio

APRIL 3, 2020

In the most basic terms possible, a risk management plan is a document used by project managers to identify potential risks to the project, estimate the impact and the probability of them happening, and then define responses. You can blame cognitive biases (mental shortcuts that influence our thinking) for this problem. Management.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points. Is this normal?

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Herding Cats

JULY 13, 2017

There are several studies on how software development can be improved by applying various process. Were any contingencies in place in the study that may have influenced the observations? Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis. Are Estimates Really The Smell of Dysfunction? Related articles.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 27, 2016

There are two kinds of uncertainty on all projects, no matter the domain, including software development projects. The alternatives can involve a large number of uncertainties about the factors that influence the ultimate outcomes. The Notion of Enterprise Software Development. Quote of the Day.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. For software development starts with. maybe a read of the resources of Estimating Agile Software Development may help. Almost impossible?

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