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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. This will affect all estimates and predictions. Limitations of attention.

2002

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. . A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2007.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

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 ? As more details get developed, the Cone converges to the actual value. Steve McConnell.

2012

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. Some feel that the cone does not provide any value for the work they do and does not match the reducing uncertainty in their estimates. This letter states.

2007

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

People often fail to understand this fallacy because they underestimate how much of their behavior and their outcomes are influenced by randomness (Taleb, 2007). When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates. How to reduce this bias. Examples in the workplace.

2015

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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

The paper on the Cone of Uncertainty is used by many in the No Estimates community as an example of why estimates are of little use. In this paper, there is data that does not follow the Cone of Uncertainty, in that the uncertainty of the estimates does not reduce as the project proceeds. Then there is some analysis.

2007

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Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

“Coping with the Cone of Uncertainty: An Empirical Study of the SAIV Process Model,” Da Yang, Barry Boehm, Ye Yang, Qing Wang, and Mingshu Li, ICSP 2007 , LNCS 4470, pp. 37–48, 2007. Shrinking the Cone of Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment for Software Team Dynamics in Design and Development,” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn,”Ph.D.

2012

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The Diversity of Project Manager Position Types: How to Choose a Job Among Different Titles

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As, for example, an IT project manager orchestrates IT projects and leads corresponding teams in their software development efforts. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2007—North America, Atlanta, GA. You can guess their main focus of work by their titles. The industry a PM works in defines the specifics of projects. .

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Why Johnny Can't Do The Math

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

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

JULY 7, 2018

When this deciding takes place in the presence of uncertainty, we are not able to connect the causes found in the past with the effects that are possible in the future without estimating these possible connections between cause and effects [1].

2007

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

JULY 7, 2018

When this deciding takes place in the presence of uncertainty, we are not able to connect the causes found in the past with the effects that are possible in the future without estimating these possible connections between cause and effects [1].

2007

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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.

2003

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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). the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to large uncertainty.

Technical Review

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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). Estimates are needed but are subject to large level of uncertainty. The BLUE bars are the probabilistic ranges of the current estimate date.

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Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Let's start with a clear and concise description of the problem of successfully managing projects in the presence of uncertainty: Accurate software cost and schedule estimations are essential for non-trivial software projects. As a software project progresses, more information about the project is known.

2010

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams. Parametric Project Monitoring and Control - Earned Value is an approach to Performance measurement for monitoring and controlling the progress of software development projects.

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Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

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. Of late, Cone of Uncertainty has become the mantra of No Estimates advocates claiming that data is needed BEFORE the Cone is of any use.

Technical Review

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate

The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

If you’re also interested in Agile project management, pair the PMBOK with the PMI’s new Agile Practice Guide or our own Guide on How to Pick the Software Development Process that’s Right For you. Published date: 2007. Project Management for Humans: Helping People Get Things Done. Author: Brett Harned. Published date: 2017.

2020

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development. And remember, agile is kind of born out of the need for technical project management or in many cases, software development. But it is clearly not limited to just software. Am I getting the velocity?

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Webinar Recap: Mastering Microsoft Project Visualization Part 2 – Bending Microsoft Project Reports to your Will

MPUG

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

And during the 2007 and 2003 versions, we got a new way of creating reports. In 2007, it became in color. And please take note that we have resources in here, we have estimated work, we have duration, we have some completed tasks. But then Microsoft Project evolved. And it would transform that to an analytical cube.

2013

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 3 – Best Practices & Real World Use of Agile with MS Project / Project PPM

MPUG

OCTOBER 24, 2019

So again, part of that Agile discipline is to help the teams be focused, to help them estimate and learn because in many cases, they’ve never done this work before. I can kind of plan and estimate. What’s deeper estimates?” So we can make these tables that say, “Hey, I’ve got story points.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Software Risk Management , Barry W.

Risk Management

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011

Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Estimation of Long?Term Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y. reducible and irreducible ?

Risk Management

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002

A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term

Risk Management

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002

Project Management Update

Basis of Estimating Software Development

Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

The Diversity of Project Manager Position Types: How to Choose a Job Among Different Titles

Why Johnny Can't Do The Math

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

Webinar Recap: Mastering Microsoft Project Visualization Part 2 – Bending Microsoft Project Reports to your Will

Software Estimating Resources

Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 3 – Best Practices & Real World Use of Agile with MS Project / Project PPM

Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Estimating is a Learned Skill

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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