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. Don't hear one?

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 29, 2018

We built LiquidPlanner based on the belief that teams work best when they organize tasks by priority, make best/worst case estimates, collaborate in one central location, and can rely on a scheduling engine that automatically updates whenever plan items change. Uncertainty is managed using a low and high effort estimate. LiquidPlanner.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2020

Microsoft introduced Visual Reports in MSP 2010, but as a whole, MSP still lacks universal appeal. For the purpose of scheduling, we can use a pivot table to identify gaps in work hours, which can be further used to change duration estimates and modify plans. Can MS Excel help you in any way beyond those items?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Either way, code smells are persistent and remain in the code for a long time after their initial introduction (Chatzigeorgiou & Manakos, 2010). . The researchers also cleverly used issue tracking data to estimate developer workload and where the commit was on a timeline from the conception of the project to the present day. .

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Binfire

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In fact, by 2012 this market is estimated to be $42.57 What happened to the best collaboration software of 2010? The best free collaboration software solutions of 2010. The hi-tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple are all actively investing in the collaboration market. Where they are today. Read this first!

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Here’s a straightforward way to use little data to improve your schedules: record task estimates and actuals. The data should include who did the estimation and the work. Using a pivot table in Excel, you can see which estimators typically underestimate or overestimate. Improve Schedules with Little Data.

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MPUG

JANUARY 4, 2021

Since about 2010, Agile was challenged to start providing solutions at the executive level within organizations. In my estimation, Agile will be applied in at most 50% of our world’s projects and, in a few years, less than that as I see in my crystal ball. As you can see, a whole new cottage industry grew out of the ‘Agile’ movement.

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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.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Applying Deliverables Based Planning ® To Increase Our Probability of Success , PMI Fort Worth, Chapter Meeting, 15 July 2010. CPM-500-B/C/F: Integrating Systems Engineering with Earned Value Management, Lesson 3 CPM-500F: Technical Performance Measures , PMI CPM, June 2010. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

In order to make risk-informed decisions, we must estimate the outcomes and the impacts of those outcomes on future activities (cost, schedule, and technical performance of products and services). Without these estimates, there is no risk management. Without these estimates, there can be no risk management.

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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.

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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

Too optimistic budget estimates Or course, you can hardly make accurate estimates before a project kicks off – there’s too much uncertainty regarding its further implementation. What causes excessive expenses in project management? But problems arise when they are accepted without analyzing their consequences. Retrieved from: [link].

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MPUG

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The tracking process is not as trivial as marking a task complete as planned or using simple percent complete estimates. Uyttewaal (2010) provides a thorough discussion. Chapter 11 in Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010. ProjectPro, 2010. Figure 2c: Use a Baseline Table to see the Baseline Schedule.

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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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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A study conducted in 2010 by Harvard psychologists, found that people spend 46.9% A 40-hour time-blocked work week, I estimate, produces the same amount of output as a 60+ hour work week pursued without structure.”. How Does Time Blocking Work? This method of time management is designed for focus. – Cal Newport , Deep Work.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

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. First, the Cone of Uncertainty is a Principle used to define the needed reduction in the variances of estimates on Programs. Remember Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

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Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2018

Risk-Informed Decision Making, NASA/SP-2010-576. You cannot manage in the presence of uncertainty without making estimates (start with the materials above and do your own research). . Both types of uncertainty and the resulting risk require us to make estimates. Be an adult, learn to estimating is needed to manage risk.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And finally, since all project work operates in the presence of uncertainty, we must make estimates in order to execute the project in a Closed Loop manner. Risk-Informed Decision Making , NASA/SP-2010-576. These questions and the principles, processes, and practices to support them are Governance of the project. Resources .

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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. Thesis, George Mason University, 2010.

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Function Point

MAY 9, 2022

A solid traffic system; a traffic facilitator; precision job scheduling; a time recording process; collaboration diaries; POs, estimates and ownership; in house and freelance staff; and aligned vendors. According to Second Wind ( secondwindonline.com ) there are eight must haves in a creative agency workflow.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

A separate IDC report found that 71% of creative workers were producing 10 times more work in 2015 when compared with 2010. But, when they ask the content team for their thoughts on that estimate, they say it usually takes closer to four days to get the copy drafted and edited. .

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reducing Estimation Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment: Tracking the 'Cone of Uncertainty’” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Chatchai Sinthop and Barry Boehm, Center for Systems and Software Engineering University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA 90089, ASE’10 , September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010. 37–48, 2007.

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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. ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016, and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. If we're going to manage as adults , we're going to have to Estimate.

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nTask

MARCH 31, 2021

Freedcamp is a free project management software launched in 2010. Key Features: Efficiently manage your resources through resource estimation and resource scheduling. The software offers a multitude of features at an inexpensive price. It helps PMs keep everything at once place. Customize portfolios according to your requirements.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016 and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. Inefficiencies in cost and schedule estimates are usually held accountable for cost and schedule overruns, but the true root cause is often the realization of programmatic risks. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

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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. This knowledge can be used to assess and re-estimate the effort required to complete the project.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Examine “total selected”, “expected”,“remaining”, “burned”, and “approved” project estimates measured in “man-hour” values on the top of the menu window. 2010), “What is TOC?”, Click a project in the menu and automatically go to Task List where you can find all information related to it (tasks, status, assignees) in Task Card. .

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nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

A 2010 report by National Research Council emphasized how many of the terminology used to describe the engineering and manufacturing development phases focus on elements of Waterfall Model like preliminary design reviews and critical design reviews. Cost estimation. Easy to estimate. Specify all requirements in the beginning.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

When the firm allows managers and their staffs to make decisions based on principles, it creates the freedom to make an informed judgment, based on evidence or estimates of the outcomes of that decision. . Since all business operates in the presence of uncertanty, estimates are needed to assess the impact of a decision.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

No Credible Decision Can Be Made in the Presence of Uncertainty with making Estimates of the Impact of those Decisions. 1] "Problem with Scoring Methods and Ordinal Scales in Risk Management," Douglas Hubbard and Dylan Evans, IBM Journal of Research and Development , May 2010. [2] And of course. References . [1]

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 15, 2016

1, Jan-Feb 2010, pages 30-36. Three Increasingly Mature Views of Estimate Making in IT Projects. Glass, Communications of the ACM , vol. 8, pages 15-16, August 2006. The Rise and Fall of the Chaos Report Figures," J. Laurens Eveleens and Chris Verhoef, IEEE Software , vol. Chaos Report Myth Busters , . Related articles.

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The Squad Report

JULY 18, 2018

A KPMG survey of 100 businesses reported 70% of organizations faced at least one project failure in the year 2010 alone. Keep track of your team’s time By tracking the team’s time, a project manager gets to keep an estimate of time spent by each resource on a given task.

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Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2018

Managing in the presence of Uncertainty requires making estimates. . Here's where to find how NASA does this: Risk-Informed Decision Making, NASA/SP-2010-576. You cannot manage in the presence of uncertainty without making estimates (start with the materials above and do your own research). . It's an Immutable Principle. .

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

WS-05: Coming Late to the Party - Getting to GREEN on the Fly - Using the structure of a Greek play - the setting, the protagonist, the imbalance, the balance, and the solution, show how to increase the probability of program success.PMI CPM, Professional Education Program, June 2010. . What is Risk?

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

The project scope was changed by the owner, or the management, or you had unfortunate estimates of the time, and resources that would be required to complete particular steps in the schedule. John Owen: First, let’s talk about the estimates that we’re using in our schedule. It happens all too often.

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MPUG

JULY 23, 2020

The project scope was changed by the owner, or the management, or you had unfortunate estimates of the time, and resources that would be required to complete particular steps in the schedule. John Owen: First, let’s talk about the estimates that we’re using in our schedule. It happens all too often.

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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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