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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. Scrum allows you to create flexible project plans that can be adjusted at any point without impacting your project or budget.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Seventh International Software Metrics Symposium, 2001. Improving Subjective Estimates Using Paired Comparisons,” Eduardo Miranda, IEEE Software , January/February, 2001. “A 1, January 2001. On the problem of the software cost function,” J. Dolado, Information and Software Technology 43 (2001) 61–72. 30–41, 2012.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Product Development (#ProdDev).

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. How to identify risky IT projects and avoid them turning into black swans,” Magne Jørgensen, Ernst & Young: Nordic Advisory Learning Weekend, Riga, 2016. “A Pich, INSEAD Working Paper, 2001.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. Evaluating Project Decisions,” INTAVER Institute. 29, 2001. “A 61, September 2004.

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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Large engineering project risk management using a Bayesian belief network,” Eunchang Lee, Yongtae Park, and Jong Gye Shin, Expert Systems and With Applications , 36, pp. 5887, 2009.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Use of Benefits of Tools for Project Risk Management,” T. 5887, 2009.