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). Product Development (#ProdDev).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. probably not.

Software Developers 28

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 28

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There is a current rash of suggestions on how to improve the performance of software projects. One case of 12 projects from a large contractor of Software Intensive System (SIS) shows similar variances . I'd suggest the Principles for project success on non-trivial software efforts are universal.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Product Backlog A prioritized list of features, enhancements, and fixes for a product that needs to be accomplished and is often used in Agile product development.

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Herding Cats

MAY 12, 2018

This quote is typically the basis of proposing agile software development over traditional software development. But if the development work is a Project is a fixed period of performance, for a fixed (with margin) budget, and a fixed set of Capabilities, then the question is can agile be used to develop the software?

Agile 44

Agile Finance Software Developers Software Development 44

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The original agile author's quote shows that systems engineering is missing from his development of software using Agile. In most of the software development, this notion is missing - hence the quote that What is divided from How. To connect What with How we start with the Technical Performance Measures.

Engineering 32

Engineering Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2008 mortgage crisis for example (although many did an made lots of money), the government didn't. Software Development execution and modeling is Microeconomics not Macro. The author of quote read a Taleb book on Black Swans and assumes those Black Swans are in software development. taken from [3]).

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

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

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. 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]. 53% use project management software.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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. Or ANY software project for that matter. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. First a definition. Why not you?

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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

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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers? Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

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

JANUARY 17, 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). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. What dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers? Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

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

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

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. I was used to different software.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59