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

Scrum.org

Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work. Their article inspired me to apply the same insights to Scrum and to extend it with my own. This will affect all estimates and predictions. This will affect all estimates and predictions.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Do you have a CRACK PO? (and a book review)

Kiron Bondale

In 2003, Barry Boehm and Richard Turner coined the acronym C.R.A.C.K. Scrum Masters) might be worth their weight in gold, but they are out there. (If the title of my article for this week has you confused gentle reader, fret not – I’m just merging two distinct topics into a single post). Good agile leads (a.k.a.

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The Complete History of Agile Software Development

Agilemania

” At that time, organizations used to estimate three years between a validated business need and an actual application in production. In 2003, the Agile Alliance organized its first conference in Utah. But, business doesn’t work like that. Even those days, businesses moved faster than three years’ time span.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Oriented Perspective , 1st Edition, Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Agile Risk Management and Scrum , Alan Moran, Institute for Agile Risk Management, 2014. No References?