The IIL Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Years ago, many aerospace and defense industry projects were managed using war rooms. The PM’s battles can exist on several fronts: battles with the client, the stakeholders, the project team, the governance group, and even with your own senior management. profit maximization) Achieving technical superiority (i.e.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 11, 2024

The second required an understanding of government and public sector procurement process, benchmarking hardware and software systems and working with myriad vendors and computer system standards at a time, when no such systems or standards had ever existed.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

But creating new technologies and commercializing scientific discoveries is neither fast nor cheap. To help businesses, governments offer research and development tax credits special deductions for research and innovation to offset income tax liabilities. Innovation is key to maintaining a top market position.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This post reviews the Four Actions Framework, first providing a simple definition and describing what makes it different and appealing. SpaceX (Space Transportation Industry) : Reduce – SpaceX reduced the cost of space transportation by developing reusable rocket technology, lowering the overall cost of launching payloads into space.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Years ago, many aerospace and defense industry projects were managed using war rooms. Disagreements between the project manager, client, contractors, stakeholders and governance groups, lasting possibly for the duration of the project. Achieving technical superiority (i.e. Insider trading due to privileged information.

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Software Review Innovation Aerospace Government 92

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

“A Taxonomy of an IT Project Failure: Root Causes,” Walid Al-Ahmad, Et Al, International Management Review, Vol. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” The Analyzing Method of Root Causes for Software Problems,” Tomomi Kataoka, Ken Furuto and Tatsuji Matsumoto, SEI Technical Review, Number 73, October 2011. “A

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

A PMO, or Project Management Office, is a centralized organizational structure that standardizes project management practices, processes, and governance to ensure projects are executed efficiently and align with strategic business goals. Lets briefly review the key reasons why having PMO software tools is critical for your business.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 30, 2025

A PMO, or Project Management Office, is a centralized organizational structure that standardizes project management practices, processes, and governance to ensure projects are executed efficiently and align with strategic business goals. Lets briefly review the key reasons why having PMO software tools is critical for your business.

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PMO 2025 Software Review Technical Review 52

Epicflow Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Epicflow is JOSCAR-certified and British MOD pen-tested, which means it meets the requirements of highly regulated and secure industries such as aerospace and defence. Epicflow redefines project portfolio management by integrating cutting-edge AI technology with practical tools to handle complex project environments.

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2025 Software Review Aerospace Risk Management 52

Epicflow Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Epicflow is JOSCAR-certified and British MOD pen-tested, which means it meets the requirements of highly regulated and secure industries such as aerospace and defence. Epicflow redefines project portfolio management by integrating cutting-edge AI technology with practical tools to handle complex project environments.

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2025 Software Review Aerospace Risk Management 52

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. 6, No 5, October 2014. [3]

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Unanticipated Technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness. Here's how we think about cost, schedule, and technical performance modeling. †. Both these cause risk to cost, schedule, and technical outcomes. NRO Cost Group Risk Process, Aerospace Corporation, 2003. Maybe even Plan C.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. For software development starts with.

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Keys to Project Success: 48% say the team’s technical skills. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Aerospace/. Government – Federal. Technology. Government – City/State/Local. Shifting requirements/technical complexity. Information/Technology – 67%. 19% — Delivered on time.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. International Journal of Technology in Education and Science (IJTES), 3(2), 72-84. Towards a simplified definition of Function Points,” Luigi Lavazza, Sandro Morasca, and Gabriela Robiolo, Information and Software Technology 55, pp. 61, September 2004.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Review on Traditional and Agile Cost Estimation Success Factor in Software Development Project,” Zulkefli Mansor, Saadiah Yahya, Noor Habibah Hj Arshad, International Journal on New Computer Architectures and Their Applications (IJNCAA) 1(3): 942–952. “The Information Technology and Computer Science , 2012, 8, 43–50. 1, January 2007.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

The IIL Blog

JULY 3, 2024

THE PROJECT SPONSOR/PROJECT MANAGER WORKING RELATIONSHIP The birth of project sponsorship began in the early years of project management in the aerospace and defense industries. Most of the projects were highly technical and mandated that engineers, often those with advanced degrees, assume the lead role as project managers (PMs).

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