Herding Cats

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems.

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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.

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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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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.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 20, 2017

For software development systems like Kanban, which is production line-centric, Litle's Law tells us. λ = average production rate of complete software components. λ = average production rate of complete software components. There are two fundamental assumptions for Little's Law to work in the software development domain".

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Of course, all three of these are operating in the presence of uncertainty and therefore require estimates to be made. Estimates of the aleatory and epistemic uncertainties that create risk to the delivered Value need to be handled. Keeney, Militarty Operations Research , Volume 13, Number 2, 2008, pp. Sjacter and Mark A.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. The No Estimates advocates have a similar set of behaviors.).

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Estimation is part of project management. . The most important estimates for the project manager are related to time and cost. . Since it is easier to estimate small tasks, these estimates are often calculated and performed as point estimates, for example, a task will take 3 days. My proposal is don't estimate.

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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.

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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: 2008 (revised edition). Project Management for Humans: Helping People Get Things Done. Author: Brett Harned.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. The No Estimates advocates have a similar set of behaviors.).

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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.

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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 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). 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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Workzone

AUGUST 4, 2021

Trello is a weak option for project managers concerned with estimates, budgets, and dependencies. Jira is the flagship product of Australian software developer Atlassian’s. ProjectManager.com is a robust project planning software developed by ProjectManager.com, Inc. in 2008 in Austin, TX. user/month.

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Teamweek

MAY 21, 2020

Trello started in 2011 as a tool for software development teams. Asana was founded in 2008 by ex-Google and Facebook engineers. Team members can also add a daily estimate in hours for each task. Let’s take a closer look into how Trello, Asana, and Toggl Plan contribute to activities crucial to project delivery.

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Inloox

JULY 10, 2024

Then there are tools that place the project at the center and then, for example, place tasks, documents, effort estimation and capacity planning or budgets in the project context or portfolio context. Asana The Californian company Asana was founded in 2008 by two former Facebook employees. Try InLoox for free!

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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. I'm not expecting anyone to read all these books.

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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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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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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. 79, 2008. “`,” Stephen Ward and Chris Chapman , International Journal of Project Management , 21, pp.

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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

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