Up Your Game: 7 Capabilities for Better Software Project Portfolio Management (PPM) By Laura Zuber (May 4, 2023) Why top-down software estimation and forecasting tools are key components of a winning Project Portfolio Management (PPM) strategy.
The Complete Guide to Software Process Improvement By Laura Zuber (February 1, 2023) Whether you are already applying process improvement methods, or just beginning, this comprehensive process improvement guide will provide an outline your organization can use to create more successful software projects.
The Problems with Software Development as Seen by Professional Estimators By Donald Beckett (April 18, 2022) QSM professionals compiled a list of what estimators consider to be the most critical software development management issues. These lessons learned (and methods to solve them) are invaluable to both project managers and C-level business leaders alike.
How Estimation Tools Bring Agility, Predictability to Cloud Migration By Kate Armel (April 22, 2020) Learn practical way to predict future staffing and skills gaps, present options to stakeholders, build support, and adjust plans when conditions and priorities change.
Long Term Trends from 40 Years of Completed Software Project Data By Katie Costantini (August 20, 2019) Leveraging data from QSM's Industry Database of 13,000+ completed software projects, Katie Costantini takes a high-level look at software schedules, effort/cost, productivity, size, and reliability metrics from 1980 to 2019.
Good Planning — Not Development Methodology — Is the Key to Successful Software Project Delivery By Doug Putnam (December 6, 2018) Staffing decisions have a bigger impact on project success or failure than any development method. See what the numbers show.
Five Traps that Lead to Project Failure (and How to Avoid Them) By Larry Putnam Jr (July 12, 2018) Do's and Don'ts to deliver software on time and within budget.
The Three Software Project Development Traps (And How to Avoid Them) By Larry Putnam Jr (June 6, 2018) What software companies must do to get out of the costly cycle of jumping into development projects, struggling through challenges, running over time and budget, failing – and starting the whole process all over again.
Top-Down Estimation Can Drive Efficient And Boundaryless Software Development By Larry Putnam Jr (January 10, 2018) Employing a top-down estimation approach to project management can help organizations overcome boundaries and satisfy the three V’s of corporate success — vision, value, and velocity
Using Parametric Estimation for Large-Scale IT Infrastructure Projects By Larry Putnam JrJoe Madden (December 13, 2017) Starting with robust parametric estimation leads to more efficient, secure, and reliable IT infrastructure projects.