Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Deliverables Based Planning: Providing Actional Information to the Program Manager , 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium, 2009. Project Performance Management. Project Performance Management. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Technical Performance Measures.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Here are three common types of PMOs from across various sectors: Supportive PMO Industry Application - A supportive PMO is common in industries where projects require flexibility and autonomy, such as IT and software development enterprises. Function - A supportive PMO provides guidance, best practices, templates, and tools.

PMO 52

PMO Governance Government 2014 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Here's a typical graph showing a core problem in the software development domain. . Without determining the cause of why the sampled value is what it is, the chart is missing one half of the needed information to make a decision for the corrective actions, and the unfavorable answers to the questions above. .

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Communication Plan A documented approach to managing project management keywords and delivering project-related information to various internal and external stakeholders. Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance.

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In most of the software development, this notion is missing - hence the quote that What is divided from How. In Earned Value Management paradigm, progress is always measured as physical percent complete. Have a threshold or objective value, Characterize major drivers of Performance, Are consider Critical to Customer.

Engineering 32

Engineering Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 32

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We observe that there is a persistent request coming directly from project management practitioners: they repeatedly look for alternative tools and ask for information on project management tools tagged as agile, open source, web-based, or cloud. Integrating Project Management Information Systems in an Existing Environment.

Software Review 150

Software Review Software Technical Review PMI 150

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

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In software development, those managing the project have some understanding the market forces (from their marketing departments), the technology (from their engineering department), and how to manage in the presence of Aleatory and Epistemic risk (the managers running a successful firm). Software development is a non-ergodic process.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Cognitive bias - a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive processes, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. When System One works it is because of memories and past experiences inform the decision. System One is gut feel or intuition.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 27, 2016

There are two kinds of uncertainty on all projects, no matter the domain, including software development projects. Facts are the relevant data, information, and knowledge used in the process of assessing the alternatives against the values in order to make the decision. The Notion of Enterprise Software Development.

2009 28

2009 2015 Influencer Performance Measurement 28

Wrike

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You can use these four key metrics to measure the performance of a software development team and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your DevOps operations overall. Sure, metrics and performance measurement are valuable, but what is it about DORA metrics that makes them uniquely reliable?

Underperforming Technical Team 36

Underperforming Technical Team 2018 Development Team Review Software Developers 36

Herding Cats

AUGUST 19, 2016

Rarely the case in software development, where Little's Law is misused often. The OP claimed Goodhart's Law was the source of most of the problems with software development. What this says is again when the measure becomes the target, that target impacts the measure, changing the target. .

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Estimate Software Developers Software Development 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

As more research and development is done, more information is learned about the project, and the uncertainty then tends to decrease, reaching 0% when all residual risk has been terminated or transferred. Tolerance bands for the project base weight provide management with actionable information about the progression of the program.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Landmark’s measure of success over these three years had much more to do with customer satisfaction and market share than with meeting knowingly aggressive targets. It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Cognitive bias - a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive processes, often occurring as a result of holding onto one's preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. When System One works it is because of memories and past experiences inform the decision. System One is gut feel or intuition.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

As more research and development is done, more information is learned about the project, and the uncertainty then decreases, reaching 0% when all risk has been mitigated or transferred. Tolerance bands for the project base weight provide management with actionable information about the progression of the program. Software Eng.,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Tolerance bands for the project base weight provide management with actionable information about the progression of the program. This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Champion : An informal term for any individual who 'champions' the project and helps it succeed by working intensively with stakeholders and project teams. Communications Management Plan: A formal plan that identifies project stakeholders, their preferred communication channels, and what information must be relayed to them at what time.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

As more research and development is done, more information is learned about the project, and the uncertainty then tends to decrease, reaching 0% when all residual risk has been terminated or transferred. Tolerance bands for the project base weight provide management with actionable information about the progression of the program.

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 ). It can be the cost, schedule, and technical performance measures of the software project.

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is usually a cost, a completion date, a performance measure used in a closed loop control system to keep the project GREEN while delivering the needed Capabilities to produce the Value for the customer at the needed time for the needed cost.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

It's can inform the decision makers about the validating of the past decisions, but it must be applied to a model of the future to be of any use in informing the decision makers about possible outcomes in the future so the can make choices before that future arrives. The IMS is then placed on a baseline in the PMB.

Aerospace 41

Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The data and statistics below are sorted into categories so you can quickly skim to find the information you need. Simply grab the stats you want and find the corresponding original source information at the bottom of this page. Information/. No central source of project information: 35%. Information/Technology – 67%.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. All project work operates in the presence of uncertainty.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

Informational cohesion: performs a number of functions, each with its own entry point, with independent code for each function, all performed on the same data structure. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project. This information comes from the Paul G.

Underperforming Technical Team 32

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

Informational cohesion: performs a number of functions, each with its own entry point, with independent code for each function, all performed on the same data structure. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project. This information comes from the Paul G.

Underperforming Technical Team 28

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Engineering Risk Management 28

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back. They got charts.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59