2007 Estimate Governance 
Herding Cats
OCTOBER 5, 2018
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 ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.
Epicflow Blog
JANUARY 12, 2021
According to PMI’s PMBOK , the Project Management Office is a “management structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques”. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2007—North America, Atlanta, GA. Project Supervisor; Project Surveyor; .
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Herding Cats
MARCH 11, 2018
When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. Each of the categories operates in the presence of uncertainty and requires that estimates be made about the probability, conseqeunce of the resutling risk.
Herding Cats
APRIL 16, 2019
Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Putting these guides and BOK's to work for the benefit of the enterprise is the role of Project Governance.
Herding Cats
MARCH 11, 2017
What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.
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.
Herding Cats
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Reinventing Project Management , Aaron Shenhar and Dov Dvir, Harvard Business Press, 2007. Measures of Performance. Let's look at the differences.
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