Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Management Processes (#MP).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement 2003 Government 42

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Change Request A formal request to change a project’s scope, schedule, resources, or quality specification – is typically submitted for review and formal approval.

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. It provides support and requires compliance through audits, project reviews, and the enforcement of specific practices. What is a Project Management Office?

PMO 52

PMO Governance Government 2014 52

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2018

Cost is measured in dollars and schedule is measured in time. Technical performance is likewise difficult to integrate with either cost or schedule because its units of measure vary with the subject matter. What does done look like for entry/exit into the technical review? How do you know all this?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Performance Measurement Engineering Estimate 44

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

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

APRIL 30, 2019

Were there: Measures of Effectiveness. Measures of Performance. Key Performance Parameters. Not a technical architecture but a process and acquisition architecture defined in an Acquisition Project Execution Plan (PEP)? We play this role in ERP acquisitions for commercial and government clients .

Software Review 41

Software Review Technical Review 2018 Engineering 41

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. 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. The Cone of Uncertainty is the framework for improving the needed performance of the project.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Most IMPs in development programs include Events for major design reviews such as PDR or CDR. The IMP shows the Accomplishments and the measures of Accomplishments that are essential to get through a design review. If the organization is restructured or the WBS is changed, review the IMP and update it accordingly.

Planning 42

Planning Software Review Governance Government 42

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Organizations of all sizes and industries are relying on technology to drive their operations and deliver services. These controls can include technical and administrative measures such as policies and procedures. COBIT, for example, emphasizes IT governance and aligning IT with business objectives.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 36

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management. Risk can be the potential consequence of a specific outcome that affects the system’s ability to meet cost, schedule, and/or technical objectives. Epistemic uncertainty ?

Software Development 34

Software Development Software Developers Risk Management Risk 34

Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business. Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons, the feature was released with a huge delay. It will really come to the surface later when the team realizes that, as a result, they have accrued significant technical debts. An unachievable goal.

Estimate 46

Estimate Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 46

Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

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). This is due to many reasons, one is levels of uncertainty early in the project. The processes is an engineering discipline.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

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). This is due to many reasons. Unanticipated technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

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). This is due to many reasons. Unanticipated technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

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). This is due to many reasons. Unanticipated technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In a previous post, Why Johnny Can't Estimate , mentioned some resources for estimating, the principles of business and technical management that demand estimates be made to make decisions, and background on the sources of uncertainty, that create risk, that require estimating to increase the probability of project success.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Development 34

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Buhl, Transport Reviews, 24, 1, 3-18. [2] Acosta, and Angel Garcia Crespo, Behavior and Information Technology, 32(11):1?9, . † This post was inspired by " De-biasing project management ," Joshua Ramirez. [1] 1] "What Causes Cost Overrun in Transport Infrastructure Projects?" Flyvbjerg, H. Skamris & S. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C.

Transportation 39

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 39

Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Unanticipated Technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness. Here's how we think about cost, schedule, and technical performance modeling. †. Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Maybe even Plan C.

2003 28

2003 Estimate Technical Review Aerospace 28

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Practically it means that when a planned task is delayed due to uncertainty, the delay is not compensated by other tasks finishing early. For example, a project estimated at 100 work hours might include a 20-hour time buffer for contingencies like absences or technical issues.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Practically it means that when a planned task is delayed due to uncertainty, the delay is not compensated by other tasks finishing early. For example, a project estimated at 100 work hours might include a 20-hour time buffer for contingencies like absences or technical issues.

2016 52

2016 Monitoring Risk Management Healthcare 52

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Authorization Points: Specific points during the course of a project at which the sponsor reviews the business case and approves the project onwards. cost of work performed - ACWP) and estimated cost at completion (ETC).

Underperforming Technical Team 60

Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Software Review 60

Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

Buhl, Transport Reviews, 24, 1, 3-18. [2] Acosta, and Angel Garcia Crespo, Behavior and Information Technology, 32(11):1?9, . † This post was inspired by " De-biasing project management ," Joshua Ramirez. [1] 1] "What Causes Cost Overrun in Transport Infrastructure Projects?" Flyvbjerg, H. Skamris & S. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C.

Transportation 28

Transportation Software Engineering Finance 2011 28

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders. Keys to Project Success: 48% say the team’s technical skills. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Government – Federal. Technology. Government – City/State/Local. Shifting requirements/technical complexity. 2% — Other. [6].

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. When that one is going to wait two days before the assignments due to just say, hey, why don’t we change this to that? Melanie: Hello.

PMI 59

PMI Software Review Estimate Risk Management 59