Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This, of course, is a violation of the principles of Managerial Finance and Microeconomics of software development in the presence of uncertainty and scarce resources. Here are the moving parts of any project that intends to make money from the cost invested to produce a product or service. Overlooking key project risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s just a guideline: use whatever your company software development lifecycle specifies or what works until you have working software you are happy to ship. Make sure that you are thinking realistically about estimates and the likelihood of risk affecting your ability to deliver.

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Project Bliss

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Budget – estimated cost of the project. Finances – funding to complete the project. Schedule: tasks, durations, and dependencies needed to complete the project. Methodology – the approach you’ll take to completing the project. Delivery: Project servers arrive configured as expected.

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

Any situation or event that can cause problems in project execution. . It refers to any prediction or estimation made on a project’s status, including how it will unfold in the future. Any discussion between teams to resolve difference on opinions or any other issues that negatively affect project execution.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. . A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management. It's as simple as that.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

An Estimate is a value inferred for a population of values based on data collected from a sample of data from that population. The estimate can also be produced parametrically or through a simulation (Monte Carlo is common, but Method of Moments is another we use). . Estimates can be about the past, present, or future.

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ProProfs Project Management

MAY 16, 2019

When we talk specifically about IT project management, app development companies or DevOps teams are responsible for managing various software development projects. AI Helps Reduce Project Costs. Manage timesheets to check estimated VS actual time and resources put in a project.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As technology increases within the next two decades, AI is expected to replace humans in many of the simple and mundane tasks that are part of project and program management activities (Grace et al., Advances in software development. The tools are expected to be different for each life cycle stage of a project.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A rough order of magnitude estimate, also known as ROM, is an estimation of a project’s level of effort and cost to complete. ROM estimates take place early in a project life cycle and guide strategy and planning choices. Estimating a ROM is often thought of as an art.

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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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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Project Management Software Developers. Without further ado, here is our list of the best project management blogs at the moment (in no particular order): Individual Authors. What to expect: Mike’s blog helps software development teams improve their work through Agile and Scrum. Project Management Basics.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Put a rough project cost estimate together and send it to the client for approval–poof, you’ve got a winning project budget. Anyone can create a client budget for a project. So in this post, I will show you how to create and manage a winning project budget like a pro. Project estimate vs. project budget.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Looking to create a project budget but have no idea where to begin? Cost estimation isn’t simple — but creating a project budget that works for you and your client is practically an art form. Project budget vs. estimate. A cost estimate approximates what the project (or piece of it) will cost.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. Turns out in the real world there is no such project. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value?

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PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Risk Management Budget should not exceed 15% of the overall project budget. This project is constrained by budget. Qualitative Risk Analysis.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Scoro

MARCH 11, 2024

Larger teams might need more advanced features like resource allocation and project cost management. For example, marketing agencies will need a project management tool that can manage client retainers. What you’ll love The portfolio management feature helps you monitor and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

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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. 40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points. Is this normal?

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Workzone

MARCH 6, 2019

JIRA from Atlassian is one of the most popular project management tools for software development teams. It boasts over 30 million customers worldwide and is designed to support Agile teams to plan, build, track progress, log issues, and release software early and often. VersionOne. Pricing: Free – $29/user/month.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Break the project down into tasks: Use a Work Breakdown Structure to make the project more manageable. Estimate a project timeframe: Create time estimates for each task. Similar past projects can help you here as a reference. Calculate project costs: Work out other costs for the project.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Agile Software Development (#ASD). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams. The Project Management Paradigm , Carnegie Mellon University , Silicon Valley. Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The conjecture that we can make decisions in the presence of uncertainty without estimating the impacts of those decisions is without any principles that can be tested beyond personal anecdotes of I know people who spend other peoples money without providing estimates. Not a group that likes to get questions, by the way.

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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. For software development starts with. maybe a read of the resources of Estimating Agile Software Development may help. Almost impossible?

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

Agile is used in a wide range of industries, including software development, IT, construction, engineering, and many others Hybrid Hybrid combines elements of traditional and agile pm to create a customized approach that meets the specific needs of the project.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development. I suspect the latter. .

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nTask

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The effectiveness of these tools is a fact considering there are 47% of companies that say using project management software has had a positive impact on the accuracy of project cost estimates. Jira is a top-tier project management tool, designed for the best of professionals. Kanban boards.

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Epicflow Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

To understand the impact of a risk-bearing event, a project manager should carry out a proper risk analysis to mitigate potential threats and avoid roadblocks to successful delivery. It’s also important to understand that there are project management risks and industry-related risks.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This is especially the case with software development — where scope creep tends to thrive. ??. You don’t have to worry about blowing project budgets. “Is Is this project going to be profitable this time?!”. Plus, if you’re bad at estimating the cost of your projects , you may prefer hourly billing.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Understanding the Importance of a Project Budget Plan Projects of any size require financial planning and control to avoid cost overruns and ensure that the allocated funds are used efficiently. It acts as a control mechanism, so that the project team adheres to the allocated budget and avoids unnecessary expenses.

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Workzone

MAY 24, 2019

For instance, imagine your last software development project took 16 months to complete. If you’re using project management software, and you’ve completed similar projects in the past, you can easily use these as the basis for realistic estimates. Method 1: Use a multi-point estimation technique.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. What struck me was how disconnected Taleb is from the profession of project management.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You need to track project progress at a glance—but in a way that you can collaborate with your team, spot potential problems, and compare progress against your project plan or statement of work. We’ve already seen how Toggl Plan helps you stay on top of team and project schedules with visual, drag-and-drop timelines.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. The Future of Systems-and Software Development.

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