nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

To generate a clear business case, organizations need to write business operations with sustainability in mind, which can be done by the following two steps: Document their business processes. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability. At the core of every business are business processes.

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters.

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

It collects and uses project information through one or more software applications. The Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) states that a PMIS is “an information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. What Is PMIS?

Software Review 211

Software Review Project Life Cycle Closing Budget 211

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. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

You can use various tools like Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Lucid , Google Sheets, or specialized software for creating strategy canvases. After-Sales Support: XYZ Electronics offers regular software updates and security patches, enhancing the longevity of their smartphones. Value: Moderate. Value: High. Value: High.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Innovation Sustainability Retail 105

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There is a current rash of suggestions on how to improve the performance of software projects. In this domain, we are guided by credible results using principles, processes, and procedures to increase the probability of program success. Here's a typical graph showing a core problem in the software development domain. .

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

Entry

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The project plan should contain performance measures and any process changes that need to take place and who and what will these changes impact. Define how to address risks should they arise. Use project management software to create, execute and control projects and facilitate communications.

Software Review 150

Software Review Infrastructure Performance Measurement Initiating 150

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

We will explore how the project management control process and systems are the backbone of project success, providing structure, oversight, and direction to ensure that projects are executed and aligned with organizational goals and values. This supports setting up the crucial aspects of project governance components.

Governance 52

Governance Government Risk Management 2015 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 31, 2017

Practices and Process are Fads. A Process is a series of steps and decisions involved in the way work is completed. Here's my version in the form of questions that when answered form the foundation for the Practices and Processes. What does Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers?

Process 53

Process Engineering Software Developers Software Development 53

LiquidPlanner

MAY 28, 2020

Check that the change control process is documented, along with risks, assurance, and quality measures. You can ask them to include any performance measures or warranties that you feel are appropriate so that both parties understand how success will be judged. The SOW should also talk about project governance. .

Software Review 139

Software Review Governance Government Infrastructure 139

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 ). DP6Jw is an overview of this process. Stochastic process control is the field of study.

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The original agile author's quote shows that systems engineering is missing from his development of software using Agile. It is applied through the application of systems engineering processes within a managed lifecycle working with a number of other management, engineering, and specialist disciplines. Technical Performance Measures.

Engineering 32

Engineering Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 32

Wrike

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Below are guidelines to help you develop intelligent schedule management skills using the best project scheduling software for your team and projects. Choose the best project scheduling software. Your plan should also clearly state the project scheduling software you plan on using. Identify performance measures.

Planning 68

Planning Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Performance Measurement 68

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

You winged the entire project execution process, and now the theory of it all is taking a toll on you. . An assumption in project management refers to assuming about possible factors or situations that may occur in the project planning process that it may actually happen. Performance Measurement Baseline. Deliverable.

Underperforming Technical Team 111

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Risk Management Defining 111

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

The Concept of Efficiency Efficiency is the measure of how well resources are utilized to achieve desired outcomes. It involves optimizing processes, eliminating waste, and maximizing productivity. One critical component is the optimization of processes and workflows.

Software Review 36

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Performance Measurement 36

Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. Use standardized processes and procedures: Implementing standardized processes and procedures ensures that all project activities are executed consistently, minimizing errors and variations in quality. Leveraging technology to ensure consistency.

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Monitoring Software Review Defining 36

Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. Use standardized processes and procedures: Implementing standardized processes and procedures ensures that all project activities are executed consistently, minimizing errors and variations in quality. Leveraging technology to ensure consistency.

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Monitoring Software Review Defining 36

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2016

This is a good start, but it needs to produce actionable outcomes , not just principles, but practices and processes. Much of Ackoff's principles are the basis of practices and processes that assure this happens. . I come to this systems domain from the Software Intensive System of Systems paradigm. Finance, social, political.

Engineering 28

Engineering Software Performance Measurement Finance 28

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. Uncertainty creates Risk. Risk management requires active reduction of risk.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric. This can be the confidence in the estimate for any variable.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

Wrike

JULY 29, 2023

Strategic planning is the process of charting a course for the future of an organization. By understanding the business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, businesses can make informed decisions and develop strategies that leverage their strengths and mitigate potential risks. What is Strategic Planning?

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Planning Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 36

Techno-PM

JULY 5, 2023

It also helps keep the project on budget and reduces the risk of project failure. Use standardized processes and procedures: Implementing standardized processes and procedures ensures that all project activities are executed consistently, minimizing errors and variations in quality. Leveraging technology to ensure consistency.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Monitoring Software Review Defining 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. Risk-Informed Decision Making , NASA/SP-2010-576.

2010 39

2010 Governance Government Performance Measurement 39

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. Project controls are concerned with the metrics of the project – quantities, time, cost, and other resources and their measurable beneficial outcomes for the project.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Herding Cats

MARCH 5, 2017

The common definition of the Definition of Done in agile software development is (mostly from the Scrum Alliance and other official Scrum sites): A simple list of activities (coding, comments, unit testing, integration, release notes, design documents, etc.) Estimating Processes in Support of Economic Analysis. Related articles.

Software Review 28

Software Review Technical Review Performance Measurement Estimate 28

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). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 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). This is done by active risk management, through probabalistic decision-making.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Wrike

JULY 1, 2020

In fact, HR professionals are increasingly adopting project management tools to improve their processes and workflows. . Using formal project management processes, procedures, and tools can help lower risk and increase success on all of these long-term HR activities. Some of the outcomes of this process include: .

Underperforming Technical Team 36

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Performance Measurement Executing 36

Herding Cats

AUGUST 14, 2016

Many blogs, tweets, books are spent of speaking about Value as the priority in agile software development. Without units of measure of Value beyond time and money, there can be not basis of comparison between one value based choice and another. TPMs assess the design process. They define compliance to performance requirements.

Performance Measurement 49

Performance Measurement Engineering Lean Software Developers 49

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 16, 2018

PP&C lives in the domain of Project Management and Controls, which is a Technical Management Processes of ISO 15288. In ISO 15288 this is the role of the Risk Management Processes. Past performance data or the Model of the needed Future performance of the project? This is the desired outcomes model.

Aerospace 41

Aerospace Engineering 2012 2014 41

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When we hear of the difficulties of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty, especially about software features and capabilities, there are straightforward ways to solve this problem. This method is the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

Herding Cats

JANUARY 19, 2018

Have sufficient Contingent Budget and Management Reserve to cover the cost variances from the naturally occurring cost behaviors, event-based impacts on cost, or cover things that go wrong with the Risk Cost coverage. Have sufficient Technical Performance Measures margin to cover the required performance measure of the Capabilities.

Performance Measurement 31

Performance Measurement Estimate Finance Manufacturing 31

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Risk Management is how Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. There are two kinds of uncertainty on all projects, no matter the domain, including software development projects. Both these drivers of risk will impact the probability of success of projects. Decision-making is the process of choosing among alternatives.

2009 28

2009 2015 Influencer Performance Measurement 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). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

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). Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create risk to the success of the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 14, 2022

This is best done with project management software that can organize and share the plan with the project team. ProjectManager is cloud-based work and project management software that has multiple project views that let you create and execute your quality management plan. These include the project deliverables and project process.

Planning 331

Planning Software Review Manufacturing Monitoring 331

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. Because of that, we don't separate the thinking processes into a dual-system. A process based on tangible evidentiary materials.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39