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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

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Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Why our brain is not built for software engineering. It is a mental process and a limited mental resource (Ashcraft, 2002). In fact, simple heuristics can actually lead to better, quicker decisions than theoretical optimal procedures (Gigerenzer, 2002).

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review.

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Risk Management Resources

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Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Effort Distribution to Estimate Cost in Small to Medium Software Development Project with Use Case Points,” Putu Linda Primandari and Sholiq, The Third Information Systems International Conference, Procedia Computer Science, 72, pp. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass ( Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002), also recommended by Giorgio Locatelli. Great Planning Disasters by Peter Hall (University of California Press, 1982), recommended by Sean Doull-Connolly , a Senior Process Engineer at TIAA.