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

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.) These Measures have Little meaning to the Decision Makers.

Software Review 28

Software Review Technical Review Performance Measurement Estimate 28

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In parallel, organisations demand greater project collaboration capabilities to deal with more challenging projects and improved portfolio analytics to better manage portfolio risk but cannot find an all-in-one tool to satisfy all their needs. The Future: Software Supporting Faster and Iterative Working.

Software Review 150

Software Review Software Technical Review PMI 150

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. Brown and his book The Handbooks of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management and my review of the same book. This decision model for software development projects addressed: performance, cost, time, and risk.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review 2010 2014 Software Developers 47

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

Performance Measurement Baseline. This creates a point of comparison of all the other baselines to evaluate project performance. Risk is any positive or negative event that can affect project execution. GERT stands for ‘Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique’. Qualitative Risk Analysis. Stakeholder.

Underperforming Technical Team 111

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate Risk Management Defining 111

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More than 90% of organizations perform some type of project postmortem or closeout retrospective. [9]. 64% of organizations say they frequently conduct risk management. [6]. How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders. How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders. Technology.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

They can also utilize technology to automate repetitive tasks, enhance communication and collaboration, and improve overall productivity. It could mean implementing new technologies or methodologies to automate tasks, reduce manual labor, and enhance overall efficiency.

Software Review 36

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Performance Measurement 36

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. Measure of Effectiveness.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

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). This is due to many reasons, one is levels of uncertainty early in the project. So the question is? -

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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 due to many reasons. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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 due to many reasons. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

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 due to many reasons. Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. Buhl, Transport Reviews, 24, 1, 3-18.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Accept: A response to a project risk where the project manager accepts the risk and takes no action to evade it, i.e. 'accepting' the risk. This is usually in case of risks that are unlikely to occur or minor enough so as to not affect the project's outcome. A project sponsor can request an audit.

Underperforming Technical Team 78

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

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

JUNE 9, 2018

Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. Buhl, Transport Reviews, 24, 1, 3-18.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 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. Laird and M.

2007 42

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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: You know, employees consistent risk evaluation.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59