Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

Government 52

Government Governance Risk Management 2015 52

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Governance. Project Performance Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Governance (#Governance).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement 2003 Underperforming Technical Team 42

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There is a current rash of suggestions on how to improve the performance of software projects. One case of 12 projects from a large contractor of Software Intensive System (SIS) shows similar variances . I'd suggest the Principles for project success on non-trivial software efforts are universal.

Performance Measurement 28

Performance Measurement Aerospace 2006 Estimate 28

ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It enables knowledge workers to do their jobs efficiently via tools such as spreadsheets, presentation software, bookkeeping tools, data processing tools, calculators, etc. . Making use of apps and software for better internal collaboration and communication boosts productivity by minimizing the need for individual communication.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Software Review Monitoring Innovation 87

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Earned Value Management (EVM) A systematic approach to project performance measurement assessing schedule and cost performance. Product Owner An Agile team member who is responsible for representing the customer/client’s interests and prioritizing features in software development.

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

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

PMO 52

PMO Government Governance 2014 52

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

Due to the complexity of business operations, use process documentation software, such as a Business Process Management (BPM) platform. Once a current performance measure has been determined, you can define your ideal situation based on meeting or surpassing standard requirements. How to document your business processes?

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. The customer is accountable for knowing what Done Looks Like (in Unity of measure meaningful to their domain).

Software Development 39

Software Development Software Developers Agile Software 39

Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Prerequisites for portfolio management In the first article, Steve Butler delves into portfolio governance. The primary goal of governance in portfolio management is to ensure that processes are established to define, align, authorize, and control portfolio elements, while also supporting overall governance decision-making activities.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Government Governance 52

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric. This can be the confidence in the estimate for any variable.

Performance Measurement 35

Performance Measurement 2017 Technical Review 2008 35

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Macroeconomics is not. .

Software Development 34

Software Development Software Developers Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The domain I work in is categorized as Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS). The development of the software and sometimes the development of the hardware is done in an agile manner, using one of several Agile development methods - SAFe, Scrum for example. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

2001 31

2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 31

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For software projects, Scrum can be used. The only answer to that is a measure of Physical Percent Complete (P%C). P%C starts with defining the Measures of Performance and Technical Performance Measures for each deliverable as a function of time. What is your actual condition? . Resources .

2010 39

2010 Government Governance Performance Measurement 39

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Project Management Software & Tools. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5]. 53% use project management software.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

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. The decision.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Herding Cats

APRIL 30, 2019

This approach is guided by the processes for Root Cause Analysis on Software Intensive System of Systems project I've worked. Were they based on the established planning processes for complex Software Intensive System of Systems? Were there: Measures of Effectiveness. Measures of Performance. Key System Attributes.

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review 2018 Engineering 41

MPUG

JUNE 27, 2022

I myself found that at both a major bank and a major government department, project managers were re-baselining their projects every week, and when I asked why, their answers essentially were, “Just because we can.” Ellen clarified: “Do you re-baseline your entire project every week?” “Yes” Yes” was the emphatic answer.

Government 52

Government Governance Estimate Performance Measurement 52

Herding Cats

JULY 9, 2018

The domain I work in is categorized as Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS). The development of the software and sometimes the development of the hardware is done in an agile manner, using one of several Agile development methods - SAFe, Scrum for example. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

2001 28

2001 Software Estimate Performance Measurement 28

Herding Cats

MAY 12, 2018

This quote is typically the basis of proposing agile software development over traditional software development. But if the development work is a Project is a fixed period of performance, for a fixed (with margin) budget, and a fixed set of Capabilities, then the question is can agile be used to develop the software?

Agile 44

Agile Finance Software Developers Software Development 44

Herding Cats

JULY 17, 2017

Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimated Completion Date (ECD) are the life blood of our software intensive system of systems programs. The management of SISoS is really no different than the management of any other enterprise class software system. Several other government estimating organizations.

Estimate 34

Estimate Logistics Performance Measurement Government 34

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The original agile author's quote shows that systems engineering is missing from his development of software using Agile. In most of the software development, this notion is missing - hence the quote that What is divided from How. In Earned Value Management paradigm, progress is always measured as physical percent complete.

Engineering 32

Engineering Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 32

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. Let's look at one example.

Software Development 28

Software Development Software Developers Software Review Software 28

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

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. In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. First a definition. Why not you?

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. Technical Performance Measures.

Software Engineering 28

Software Engineering Finance Manufacturing Performance Measurement 28

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 ). For your Honeywell or Nest controller on the wall, that sample rate is measured in seconds.

Closing 28

Closing Estimate Controlling Process 28

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2008 mortgage crisis for example (although many did an made lots of money), the government didn't. Software Development execution and modeling is Microeconomics not Macro. The author of quote read a Taleb book on Black Swans and assumes those Black Swans are in software development. Software projects are non-ergodic.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

APRIL 29, 2017

This is course is why we develop software for that manned spaceflight program using Scrum, because delivering small pieces of functionality on small grained boundaries greatly reduces the risk of being overbudget and behind schedule, and answers to critical success factor question. Related articles. Let's Stop Guessing and Start Estimating.

Estimate 46

Estimate Risk Management Risk SCRUM 46

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates or any other project attribute (in this post, cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 28

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 dos Done look like in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers? Software engineering economics is about making decisions related to software engineering in a business context.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

The agile approach is usually used in software projects where the scope is not always known and adaptability is prioritized. Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. While it's mostly used for software projects, it can also be used for non-software projects.

Underperforming Technical Team 60

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JUNE 4, 2017

Physical Percent Complete is the only measure of progress to plan. This is true for planting tomatoes, writing software with Scrum, flying to Mars. Risk management is managing as an adult. No Estimating? No Adult Management. So when you hear - well that process you're talking about is applicable in your domain but not mine.

Estimate 39

Estimate Risk Management Risk Engineering 39