Herding Cats

JANUARY 7, 2017

For example, about which software to buy, which Features in the development backlog should be implemented next, what prices to charge for products and services. Software development is an exercise in microeconomics, since it deals with limited resources - time, cost, and what value is produced in exchange for the time and money.

Software Developers 40

Software Developers Software Development Software Software Engineering 40

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But more outcomes can be considered, like business longevity, the ability to deliver value within budget, and so on. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. In 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (pp. C., & da Silva, F.

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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. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. The design of the code was straight forward.

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Software Developers Software Development Engineering Software 39

Leading Agile

JANUARY 15, 2019

Connection with Software Development. Software development teams often find themselves tangled up with more work than they can handle gracefully, if at all. The sense is that we ought to be careful about starting things we can’t finish, or starting more things simultaneously than we can handle properly.

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Software Review Development Team Review 2007 Technical Review 90

PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

The budget is somewhere 50 thousand dollars. When you are aiming for the IT sector you must know SDLC: Software Development Life Cycle and Project Management. You don’t work in one of the main industries: Software Development. Agile Frameworks are popular in the software development industry.

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Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Developers 98

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. For software development, there are many decisions to be made. What Feature to develop next ? A broader definition is. Are we ready for the Release?

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Software Software Engineering Estimate Manufacturing 51

Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Microeconomics .

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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? 4] Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for S oftware Development. [5]

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Agilemania

AUGUST 1, 2022

It is earned by an individual who has demonstrated mastery of the entire software development lifecycle. These individuals have a deep knowledge of how to implement and manage a software development project within the context of their organization.

Consulting 52

Consulting Certification Lean Software Engineering 52

Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Yes, this is the basis of any closed loop control system from keeping the room temperature at a specific setting, to the speed control on your car, to managing software development projects in the presence of uncertainty. Let me point out an obvious problem - software projects go over budget and are late.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Estimate Software Developers 40

PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

You don’t work in one of the main niches: Software Development. Agile Frameworks are popular in the software development industry. Here’s a shortlist of major cities with a high level of software development job opportunities. Technical Skills of a Software Project Manager. “I Where Should I Start?

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Software Leadership 59

Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

You’ll learn about Work Breakdown Structures, defining a project schedule and budget, controlling deliverables, managing issues and risks, leadership and communication skills, working with stakeholders, and more. His solution is unconventional: with a huge staff of software developers at his disposal, he splits them into eighteen teams.

Software Review 53

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Developers 53

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Let's start with the core issue on all software development projects. All engineering courses, including software development in Computer Science courses, is based on probability and statistics at some level. Software projects are often late and over budget leading to major problems for customers.

Estimate 40

Estimate Engineering Software Engineering Software Developers 40

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. The domain for the Cone can certainly be product development, but it's origins are for Programs, where a budget, period of performance, and needed capabilities are On Contract.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This is a recurring theme of #NoEstimates it's a waste to me the developer, I'd rather be coding , I'm not good at estimating , I see no value in my making estimating when you're just going to use them against me when I'm late and over budget. Root Cause: Productivity is the efficacy of the investment of time, talent, and money.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. Well, because according to PMI, the Project Management Institute, 45% of projects experience scope expansion, 32% failed on their budgeting, and 16% were deemed complete failures. I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers.

Performance Measurement 59

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Engineering 59

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Columns include "Reported," "Confirmed," "In Development," "Testing," and "Deployed."

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Real Options can be used to address the gap found in traditional capital budgeting methods. This is the same paradigm of Agile software development where responding to change over following the plan is part of the original manifesto. Managing Requirements for Business Value," John Favaro, IEEE Software , March/April 2002.

2008 32

2008 2002 Estimate Software Engineering 32

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? 4] Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for S oftware Development. [5]

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. With what appears to be NO understanding of how to estimate, this author ignores the processes used in developing products or services in the presence of uncertainty.

Estimate 42

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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. Economics of Software Development.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate Software Review Software Engineering 28

Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Yes, this is the basis of any closed loop control system from keeping the room temperature for a specific setting, to the speed control on your car, to managing software development projects in the presence of uncertainty, using any software method you choose. Principle #2 - Shorten the Feedback Cycle .

Underperforming Technical Team 28

Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Estimate Development Team Review 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 Developers 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. For software development starts with.

Estimate 37

Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Showing up late, over budget, and with missing Capabilities is not what the customer paid for. This is the domain of Microeconomics and when applied to software development it is the microeconomics of software development. 2] IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SXE-10, Janurary, 1981, pp.

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Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 2003 Software Review 44

Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

Favro Gamers or rather game developers, you may want to check out Favro. It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers. Their Kanban board stretches horizontally across to help you visualize what’s next in the product development cycle.

2023 52

2023 Software Review Lean Estimate 52

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Softwarte projects are often late and over budget leading to major problems for customers. There is a serious issue in estimating realistic software project budgets and schedules. Generic models cannot be a reliable source of estimating for complex software projects. Software Estimating for Non Trival Projects.

Estimate 28

Estimate Software Engineering Engineering Risk Management 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

Wrike

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Agile software development, Agile organizations, the Agile project manager. Check out this video (Length: 2:07): The Agile Manifesto of Software Development , written in 2001, brought an innovative mindset to building software. Agile was conceived as a philosophy to drive how software is made.

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Agile 2001 2014 Cadence 36

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Wrike was launched in 2006 by founder and software developer Andrew Filev. Wrike is a fully-featured project management software with functionalities ranging from resource allocation and time-tracking to budgeting and collaborative project management. What is Wrike? Time tracking.

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2006 2011 Budget Software 36

Wrike

MARCH 14, 2023

Let’s take a quick look at the advantages of using Jira: Because it’s part of a bigger group, it offers integrations with a range of products, including over 3,000 Jira Software apps that can be tailored for your use case. Due to its origins in software engineering, Jira is great for issue management.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review 2006 Engineering 41

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. Individual contributor team, lead section, lead project manager, program manager, director of engineering. Fletcher Hearns: Does the project meet schedule and budget? By education and training.

Performance Measurement 52

Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Government Governance 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. Bauman, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry , April 1958.

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2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

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] Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen,

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] Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen,

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] Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28