MPUG

JULY 24, 2023

EVM concepts were initiated over fifty years ago by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to support their control processes with large defense acquisition programs. When EVM is applied properly and consistently, it takes the guesswork out of estimating project progress and performance. In 1965, the U.S.

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Project Life Cycle Budget 2023 Controlling 52

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

We're working on a white paper "Increasing the Probability of Program Success with Continuous Risk Management," for the Joint Space Cost Council, Scheduler's Forum. During our research, I found a paper "Management Disciplines: Harbingers of Successful Programs," David Acker, Defense Systems Management Review , Summer, 1979.

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Process Technical Review Engineering Manufacturing 35

Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

They may also be writing user stories, using burn-down charts, and practicing agile estimating and planning. I question why they would implement a process that doesn’t yield the desired business benefits. There is a plan available, which you can explore on our website or by reading our white paper.

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Agile Software Review Certification Technical Review 118

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. And to make those risk-informed decisions in the presence of reducible and irreducible uncertainty we need to ESTIMATE.

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Aerospace Estimate Governance Government 37

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. Managment Processes. Basis of Estimate Process.

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Leading Answers

JULY 20, 2018

Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? Chatbots use artificial neural networks and machine learning to combine domain intelligence with natural language processing. Like me, do you spend time booking meetings, finding rooms, and distributing information?

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2018 2003 79

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

These teams drive economic growth by producing strategies, designs, process improvements and products that bring value to both consumers and companies—as well as create competitive advantages for manufacturers. manufacturing market is worth an estimated $176 billion. This blog touches on many of the topics explored in the white paper.

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Manufacturing Development Team Review Innovation Engineering 296

Leading Answers

JULY 20, 2018

Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? Chatbots use artificial neural networks and machine learning to combine domain intelligence with natural language processing. Like me, do you spend time booking meetings, finding rooms, and distributing information?

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 2018 2003 60

Wrike

APRIL 1, 2024

For example, if the project goal is to produce a website landing page, they’ll define deliverables like the copy and the graphics and look at information like tone of voice guidelines or product white papers to create a plan of action. A process like this can seem like a streamlined approach to creative work.

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Software Review 2024 Risk Management Monitoring 36

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Project Controls are Management Actions, either preplanned to achieve the desired result, or taken as a corrective measure prompted by the monitoring process. In the Project Controls paradigm, Value is a measurable attribute of the project controls process - a Closed Loop Control measure. "On spec" is open loop control on value.

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2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 28, 2016

When you replace fixed-date deterministic scheduling with probabilistic estimations, you’ve got a whole new ball game. We all know about the unexpected “surprises” that naturally unfold over the course of projects, but most of our tools and processes continue to work toward a fixed-point deadline—continuously in denial of reality.

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Estimate Engineering Risk Management Software 87

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you are reading this then you must be considering setting up a PMO or have concluded your approach to project management is not working and you are in the process of analyzing, dismantling and preparing to rebuild it. I’ve been through this process with several organizations – either building a PMO from scratch or rebuilding a failing one.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Infrastructure Leadership 183

Proofhub

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Stakeholders having a high influence but who are affected to a low degree should be part of an advisory board and they should be involved in the communication process proactively. Underestimating the importance of estimates When it comes to the subject of estimations, many experienced project managers take the view that this is unnecessary.

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Estimate Risk Management Influencer Risk 128

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Management Processes (#MP). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). Management Processes. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

MPUG

JANUARY 4, 2021

In the process of this development, Agilists hijacked a few techniques and presented them as their own. In my estimation, Agile will be applied in at most 50% of our world’s projects and, in a few years, less than that as I see in my crystal ball. There are even resellers for the DSDM Consortium if you want to sell DSDM.

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Artificial Inteligence Critical Chain Underperforming Technical Team Agile 122

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. This papers and other resources were retrieved from public sites. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

The result was a safety stand down for everyone on the site (5,000 Steel Works), including all us office workers, to get the message about health, safety, and safeguards of the materials and processes on site. . Adaptability is of little use if you don't know the boundaries of the technology, processes, and uncertainties of the problem.

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

The result was a safety stand down for everyone on the site (5,000 Steel Works), including all us office workers, to get the message about health, safety, and safeguards of the materials and processes on site. . 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. Analytical Hierarchical Process .

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

What to expect: Gina Abudi uses her experience with both small businesses and large organizations to write about projects, leadership, people, team building, professional development, and processes. What to expect: John Goodpasture frequently writes articles on risk management, Agile processes, and leadership. Worth reading.

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Influencer Prince2 Software Review SCRUM 112

UPQODE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Launching a podcast can be a straightforward process. White Papers or Ebooks Many businesses initiate their content offering efforts with the production of long-form written materials such as ebooks and white papers. We’ll delve into the process of crafting your content plan in a detailed, stepwise approach.

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Construction Technical Review Engineering Initiating 52