Program Management
Managing Software Risk via "Whether Forecasting"
Here's a risk question for you:
If today’s weather forecast predicts a 40% chance of rain and it actually rains, was that forecast “inaccurate”? If the weather channel predicts a 40% chance of rain, but the sun shines all day, was the forecast “accurate”?
Software project estimates, like weather forecasts, should always be accompanied by some explicit attempt to quantify the risk that the actual outcome will differ significantly from the estimated outcome. Estimates delivered without explicit risk assessment are more like targets: goals someone wants to achieve.
What If? The Power of the Question
After being away from QSM and the software world for three years, I was blown away by SLIM v8.0's dynamic product integration. I knew it was coming, yet I was still impressed by the simplicity and power of analysis promoted by real-time data and tool links across the SLIM Suite that frees managers to focus on the important program issues.
SLIM-MasterPlan is the center of the SLIM Suite product integration. It improves upon previously existing program management features of aggregating multiple SLIM-Estimate projects and ancillary tasks with two new capabilities:
