Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Connecting the 5 Principles and 5 Practices of Performance-Based Project Management ® To Increase the Probability of Project Success. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Measures of Product Value is Exchange for Its Cost. Performance-Based Project Management in a Nutshell. Project Breathalyzer.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

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MARCH 11, 2018

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

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APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team 2003 42

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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.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Implement/enhance performance measurement process – 39%. [13]. Number of companies with a PMO has grown from 47% to 80% from 2000-2012. Why a Majority of Business and IT Teams Anticipate Their Software Development Projects Will Fail. Implement/enhance reporting, analytics, & dashboard tools – 62%.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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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. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. Improving Software Development Tracking and Estimation Inside the Cone of Uncertainty,” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Thanida Hongsongkiat, and Barry Boehm, Technical Report USC?CSSE?2012?504,

2012 29

2012 2007 2010 2006 29