Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. A broader definition is. Related articles. Deadlines Always Matter.

Software 51

Software Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 51

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Managing the Development of Large-Scale Software: Concepts and Techniques," Winston Royce, Proceedings, Wescon, August 1970. Iterative Enhancement: A Practical Technique for Software Development," Victor Basil and Albert Turner, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. IT Risk Management.

2003 38

2003 Software Engineering Manufacturing Engineering 38

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves , Daniel Galaorath and Michael Evans , Auerbach, 2006. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.

Software Developers 46

Software Developers Software Development Estimate 2006 46

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The beginning of all business critical software development projects is the point in time when performing organizations are least certain about the project, yet it is also the time when top management expects to be delivered project estimates that are very precise. 1, January 2011. "A 37–48, 2007.

2012 48

2012 2007 2011 2010 48

Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

This is called Software Engineering Economics. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. Related articles. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Making Conjectures Without Testable Outcomes. Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis.

Cadence 28

Cadence Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.

Process 45

Process Estimate Software Developers Software Development 45

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

1] Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, [link] . [2] Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. . — George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra. [1] 2] " Aligning IT to Organizational Strategy ," . [3] 3] Capability-Based Planning , Chapter 32 TOGAF 9.1, Related articles.

2007 31

2007 Software Engineering Engineering Manufacturing 31

Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Traditional methods of quantitative cost-benefit analysis, like Net Present Value (NPV) or Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), either ignore or cannot properly capture the needs of management for flexibility to adapt and revise later decisions based on the uncertainties found on all IT projects. IT Risk Management. Here's a sample.

2008 32

2008 2002 Estimate Software Engineering 32

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development.

2007 34

2007 2012 2009 2010 34

Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

Agile 97

Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 97

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth. This community of program controls, cost analyst, earned value managers and program managers is accountable for providing information to decision makers on enterprise and complex projects and programs. IT Risk Management.

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Performance Measurement Finance Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2017

This was my starting point for becoming a software engineer rather than a physicist, by the way. . Our management misuses information we provide them. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. So here's the point. You're bad at estimating - WHY? Are they incompetent?

Estimate 37

Estimate Engineering Software Engineering Manufacturing 37

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. This is standard Product Management. Done by every Product Manager for every Product Company.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. History of Agile project management. No wounder so many projects were failing.

Agile 100

Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 100

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here's an extract from "Chapter 8: Human Behavior and Complexity," Terry Cooke-Davies, in Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World. This is a cautionary tale for those listening to the #NoEstimates advocates, where anecdotes of bad management are used in an attempt to replace established principles of business management.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. Fletcher Hearns: Great, thank you Kyle.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

We did an extensive analysis of various factors that influence waterfall project management. This helped us to simplify how nTask project management software can be used for solving such issues. Waterfall is a popular SDLC project management model. What Do You Need to Know about Waterfall Oriented Project Management?

Software Review 97

Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review 97

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You start selling software licenses, you disrupt the whole way of selling. The whole value chain beyond just the engineering piece gets disrupted. It might be telling the client, how do you de-risk all that? You need to start having the software engineers that can code the data scientists that can analyze.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You start selling software licenses, you disrupt the whole way of selling. The whole value chain beyond just the engineering piece gets disrupted. It might be telling the client, how do you de-risk all that? You need to start having the software engineers that can code the data scientists that can analyze.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

See The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software , Barry Boehm, Jo Ann Lan, Supannika Koolmanojwong, and Rich Turner. Probabilistic uncertainty (Epistemic) is improved with risk buy down , experiments, past performance in this project . IT Risk Management.

Estimate 50

Estimate 2017 Governance Government 50

MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

s webinar, Use Agile Project Management with MS Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to Use Agile Project Management with MS Project. Cindy is a Microsoft Project trainer and consultant with her business, Four Pillars of Success and has over 25 years of project management experience.

Agile 59

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Cadence 59

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

The reason for this resource page is the lack of understanding of how to estimate, the urban myths about software estimating, and the fallacies that estimating is not needed, when developing software, in the presence of uncertainty, when spending other peoples money. Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. 8, August 1995.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

But there’s a risk that people will get excited about automation and get ahead of themselves. Building software. Circa 2018 this might seem rather obvious, but one aspect of automating a software delivery pipeline is to automate the build process for the application. Creating or modifying database schemas.

Software Review 57

Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 57

Binfire

MARCH 13, 2017

The secret to success as a project manager or any other profession is to learn from our mistakes and not repeat common mistakes project managers make; even the experienced ones. Project manager’s role is complicated. I am writing this paper with the new project managers and those with no management experience in mind.

Underperforming Technical Team 154

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Software Review Technical Review 154