Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

Underestimating software engineering costs could result in management approving proposed systems that potentially exceed budget allocations, or underdeveloped functions with poor quality, or a failure to complete a project on time. The Economics of Software Quality , Capers Jone, and Olivier Bonsignou. No Estimates?

Software Development 40

Software Development Software Developers Software Software Engineering 40

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. So if you're writing software and NOT doing the things in the list above, I guess you're creating an art form or are a craftsman, not a software engineer.

Software Development 39

Software Development Software Developers Engineering Software 39

Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. Showing up late and over budget does not produce the needed Value.

Process 45

Process Estimate Software Development Software Developers 45

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. Who's Budget is it Anyway? Software Engineering is a Verb.

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Finance Performance Measurement Manufacturing 28

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Project tracking software helps you: Understand if you’re on track to meet task, milestone, and project deadlines Time tracking Compare estimated vs. actual efforts and costs Adjust plans quickly if you’re not on schedule or within the budget. Nonprofit project management software. Examples: Toggl Plan and GanttPRO.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Technical Review Construction 52

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. Or ANY software project for that matter. Showing up late, over budget, and with missing Capabilities is not what the customer paid for. Let's Look at What a Forecast is.

Underperforming Technical Team 44

Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 52

Herding Cats

JULY 29, 2017

Or plan on being late, over budget, and reduced probability of technical success, before you start. This is called Software Engineering Economics. All Value is Cost and Time dependent. Related articles. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management.

Cadence 28

Cadence Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. 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." . So how do we get ±10% accuracy?

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. What is the Plan to reach done at the needed time for the needed budget, with the needed outcomes? 6] "Chapter 12: Software Engineering Economics," Software Engineering Body of Knowledge , .

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. 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." . Let's start with the obvious.

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I was at Viacom at the time, hired as a mobile product lead for all of the Nickelodeon brands and joining an organization, a game production and software engineering organization that was very waterfall. You need to start having the software engineers that can code the data scientists that can analyze.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I was at Viacom at the time, hired as a mobile product lead for all of the Nickelodeon brands and joining an organization, a game production and software engineering organization that was very waterfall. You need to start having the software engineers that can code the data scientists that can analyze.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Herding Cats

JANUARY 13, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. When you hear I have data that shows the uncertainty doesn't reduce , then that project is out of control and will be late, over budget, and likely not perform to the needed effectiveness and performance parameters. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate Software Review Software Engineering 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

This Does Not Scale - If there are software development projects that can be executed without knowing how much it will cost in the end (an open ended spend plan), or projects where the budget is capped (a Not To Exceed Number) and we don't really need to know the upper bound of the features to be delivered, how large can this notion scale?

Estimate 39

Estimate Finance Risk Management Software Development 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. When you hear I have data that shows the uncertainty (or any other needed attribute) doesn't reduce , then that project is out of control and will be late, over budget, and likely not perform to the needed effectiveness and performance parameters. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10] The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10] The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10] The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

If the parameter of interest is not being reduced as needed, go find out why and fix it, or you'll be late, over budget, and the technical outcome unacceptable. Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone of Uncertanty does NOT need data to validate it is the correct paradigm. Prentice-Hall, 1981. .

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

MPUG

JULY 16, 2021

And then determine if the proposed change can be accommodated within the fiscal and technical resources of the budget? Performing requirements traceability analysis is an important part of software engineering. They are generally going to be reviewed as requested by a governing body, for impact on the in process work.

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Controlling Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 52

Teamweek

AUGUST 7, 2023

What’s the problem with recruiting software developers? The demand for software developers far outweighs the available supply, making it a real challenge to find the right candidates. To make matters worse, top-notch software engineers know their worth and often expect handsome salaries.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review CTO Hire Software Review Software Engineering 52

Teamweek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For instance, an individual having a software engineering degree might not be a great fit for a customer service role. Or, they might have decent design skills but lack other hard skills needed to accomplish projects within budget using the tools your clients require.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Artificial Inteligence 52

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

“Effort Estimation of Use Cases for Incremental Large-Scale Software Development,” Pareastoo Mohagheghi, Bente Anda, and Reidat Conradi, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B. 9, Issue 3, No.

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

It’s often considered good practice to involve security specialists early in each project, rather than waiting until most of the time and budget have been used up before they have a chance to perform a review. The same rule of thumb applies to other governance reviews, as well.

Software Review 77

Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 77