Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The domain I work in is categorized as Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS). The development of the software and sometimes the development of the hardware is done in an agile manner, using one of several Agile development methods - SAFe, Scrum for example.

2001 28

2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 28

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For software projects, Scrum can be used. 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. What is your actual condition? . Resources .

2010 39

2010 Governance Government Performance Measurement 39

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For software, this can be value produced (assuming we have a unit of measure for that value in the for of effectiveness, performance, key performance parameters, or technical performance measures ). For your Honeywell or Nest controller on the wall, that sample rate is measured in seconds.

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

If I'm risking two weeks of work for the Scrum team of 5 people it's a much different need from the risk of a $10B manned spaceflight program being supported to congress for budget authorization. . The best starting point for determining the NEEDED precision and accuracy is to determine the Value at Risk. . Related articles.

Estimate 46

Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Physical Percent Complete is the only measure of progress to plan. This is true for planting tomatoes, writing software with Scrum, flying to Mars. Risk management is managing as an adult. No Estimating? No Adult Management. So when you hear - well that process you're talking about is applicable in your domain but not mine.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

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. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Governance (#Governance).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. The customer is accountable for knowing what Done Looks Like (in Unity of measure meaningful to their domain).

Software Developers 39

Software Developers Software Development Agile Software 39

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Project Management Software & Tools. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5].

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

That would mine all the User Stories are standalone pieces of software. Besides the process, software, and User Experience modeling of the interdependent components, Risk Management and most critically Risk Propagation can be modeled with DSM. Actual software process flows contain loops. Independent of what?

Underperforming Technical Team 32

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 32

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

The agile approach is usually used in software projects where the scope is not always known and adaptability is prioritized. Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. While it's mostly used for software projects, it can also be used for non-software projects.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

That would mine all the User Stories are standalone pieces of software. Besides the process, software, and User Experience modeling of the interdependent components, Risk Management and most critically Risk Propagation can be modeled with DSM. Actual software process flows contain loops. Independent of what?

Underperforming Technical Team 28

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 28