Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

I work in the Software Intensive System of Systems domains in Aerospace, Defense, Enterprise IT (both commercial and government) applying Agile, Earned Value Management, Productive Statistical Estimating (both parametric and Monte Carlo), Risk Management, and Root Cause Analysis with a variety of capabilities. Related articles.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn how to document your business processes, and why this documentation is important for driving your sustainability agenda. Process improvement tools are techniques and methods to be used by organizations that will drive improvements in quality and performance, targeting the processes of a business.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. This article focuses on the concept of a Project Management Office. Project Governance It oversees project governance, ensuring that each aligns with the strategic goals.

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Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Foundations of portfolio management The first article by Steve Butler outlines the fundamental concepts and definitions of portfolio management. Prerequisites for portfolio management In the first article, Steve Butler delves into portfolio governance. The final article in this area focuses on portfolio management software.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Governance Government 52

International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Forms, guidelines, templates, and checklists from published textbooks and journal articles that can affect the execution of projects. Identification of governance and leadership effectiveness. Therefore, it will be necessary to benchmark the metrics use as part of performance measurement.

Aerospace 59

Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures. Related articles. The decision.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Discover the importance of organizational governance systems, delve into essential project-associated functions, learn how to navigate the project environment, and ensure you are communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Governance 52

Governance Government Technical Review Sustainability 52

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

Determination of physical percent complete is rooted in performance measurement, the comparison of actual performance against an integrated baseline plan consisting of integrated cost, schedule, and technical goals. Earned Value Management (EVM) often anchors such a performance measurement system in DoD programs.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We're working on a White Paper for the Joint Space Cost Council which is an organization composed of government (NRO, NASA, USAF, and others) and industry representatives with an interest in space. Related articles. Our topic is Increasing the Probability of Program Success Thorugh Continuous Risk Management. . And as always.

Aerospace 37

Aerospace Estimate Governance Government 37

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Process Narratives may be used to facilitate contractor commitment to the use of crucial processes and procedures and provide the Government with an understanding of the proposed crucial processes and procedures prior to contract award. The contractor’s immediate customer may be a government organization or a prime contractor.

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

COBIT Framework The COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) framework is a comprehensive governance and management framework that focuses on aligning IT with business objectives. It provides a set of control objectives, best practices, and management guidelines for effective risk management and IT governance.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 36

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. Related articles. The Buff's won and are now the PAC-12 South Champs.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2016

I spent the week speaking at the College of Performance Management conference where government and industry come together to work on the issues of cost, schedule, and technical performance management process improvement needed to increase the probability of program success. Related articles. Who's Budget is it Anyway?

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Performance Measurement Manufacturing Finance 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business. Related articles. This is the same olde problem we have with estimating definition if you don't define who the players are, assign their roles and responsibilities, then when you use a word it can pretty much mean anything your want it to mean.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Herding Cats

JANUARY 5, 2017

These charts are an extract from the book Performance-Based Project Management: Increasing the Probability of Project Success and the abstracted training materials Handbook. Related articles. Doing the Math. How to Avoid the "Yesterday's Weather" Estimating Problem. Hope is not a Strategy. Complex, Complexity, Complicated.

Estimate 81

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The article is based on the webinar “Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones, to Achieve Excellent Reliability” with TOC experts Eli Schragenheim and Albert Ponsteen. This article explores managing uncertainty in organizations. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

Related articles. There you'll also find materials on risk management, capabilities-based planning, and other agile processes as they are applied to Software Intensive System of System for mission critical programs where we work. Let's Stop Guessing and Start Estimating. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

Estimate 46

Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For software, this can be value produced (assuming we have a unit of measure for that value in the for of effectiveness, performance, key performance parameters, or technical performance measures ). It can be the cost, schedule, and technical performance measures of the software project. https://goo.gl/DP6Jw

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well. As the program progresses each of the weight measurements for each of the models through to a final article is compared to the planned weight.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . Related articles. Resources. [1]

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The article is based on the webinar “Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones, to Achieve Excellent Reliability” with TOC experts Eli Schragenheim and Albert Ponsteen. This article explores managing uncertainty in organizations. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Measures that are modeled in the Cone of Uncertainty are the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measures. This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). Related articles. Resources. [1]

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 29, 2018

Related articles. But in order to deliver every project on-time, under-budget, and high-quality, there MUST be margin (for the irreducible uncertainties) and contingency (for the reducible uncertainties) since all three of those metrics operate in the presence of uncertainty. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Estimate Risk Management Budget 40

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . Related articles.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Related articles. And that process is based on one of more the Five Immutable Principles, ask if that person suggesting that unsubstainanted claim has any understanding that Principles are needed before any Processes and Practices can be effective. Low Probability of Project Success ahead. Five immutable principles from Glen Alleman.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Here's an article, recently referenced by a #NoEstimates twitter post. The headline is deceiving, the article DOES NOT suggest we don't need deadline, but that deadlines without credible assessment of their credibility are the source of many problems on large program. Related articles. The Core Problem with Project Success.

Estimate 28

Estimate 2003 Technical Review Aerospace 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Related articles. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister If you're not estimating the risks, the impacts of these risks, the impacts of the mitigations of the risk, you're not managing as an adult - it's that simple. Making Conjectures Without Testable Outcomes. Herding Cats: Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

In our domain this is the Performance Measurement Baseline, which is a time-phased budget plan for accomplishing work against which contract performance is measured. Related articles. First some questions: Is the economic data for the project available in a single mind? probably not. IT Risk Management.

Software Development 28

Software Development Software Developers Software Review Software 28

The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this article, I outline some well-known practices that will enable intentionality and, I believe, will lead to better outcomes. Importantly, it also defines governance, oversight, and management review processes. Performance Measures Setting and tracking performance measures impacts net project success scores.

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Aerospace 2025 Cadence Performance Measurement 78

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Implement/enhance performance measurement process – 39%. [13]. 116,100. . 113,000. . Information/. Technology. 107,200. . Construction/. Engineering. 104,800. .

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

MPUG

JUNE 27, 2022

This article is the fifth in my series, “A Better Microsoft Project,” You can find the earlier articles here: Introduction , Time Modeling , D * U – W fields , and Workload Leveling. This is explained in my second article. This concludes the fifth in my Better Microsoft Project series of articles. Thanks for reading!

Governance 52

Governance Government Estimate Performance Measurement 52

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Meaning to say creating value, organizational governance and systems, functions associated with projects, the project environment, and product management considerations all provide the context for how project management could be conducted. They did an excellent job. I think they did an excellent job.

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