Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Software Developers Software Development Estimate 2006 46

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Mike Cohn is a well-recognized author and expert on agile and Scrum project management topics, and the owner of a large and engaged Twitter account with over 42,000 followers. He writes consistently on his blog about software development and lean, Kanban and agile development principles. Bernardo Tirado.

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Consulting Lean 2019 Leadership 419

Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The year was 2011 and there was a pressing need for a scaling framework that could help large organizations design efficient systems to build enterprise level products/solutions to cater to customer’s rapidly changing needs. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Agile Software Review Lean 98

Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Of course, this list changes with the markets, but if you compare that to 2011, the list is 60% different. Scrum, agile thinking, modern software development working practices are synonymous with Digital Technology and have evolved out of the fundamentally different characteristics of the opportunity presented by technology.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 2001 2011 228

Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996) The paper “SCRUM: An extension pattern language for hyperproductive software development” by Mike Beedle, Martine Devos, Yonat Sharon, Ken Schwaber and Jeff (..)

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2010 SCRUM 2002 2004 141

Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

Agility should no longer be a new term for most project managers. High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. So agility in itself is nothing new for many companies.

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Technical Review Lean 2011 Cadence 100

Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. In those situations where team members frequently have to work with new members, it is not surprising that much more effort will need to be made to continuously develop, refresh and refine work agreements and shared mental models.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. SAFe is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps. You need business agility. Let’s get kickstarted.

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Lean 2011 Cadence Innovation 98

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. This corresponds with research on autonomous teams, as well as principles of Agile software development.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, 1 (1984): 4-21. By the way, the pure conjecture that agile enables late changing requirements to not have a significant impact on the cost and schedule of the development project is completely lacking any testable evidence outside of personal anecdotes of agile advocates.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Software development. Figure 1: Major Activities of Waterfall and Agile Models. According to a Standish Group Study in 2015, it was found that 29% of traditional projects failed outright and were cancelled, but that number decreased to 9% for Agile projects. Agile Model. Energy and utilities. Financial services.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 15, 2017

A popular toss off aphrase in some agile circles is process reduces agility. I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. Coe and Jeffrey H.

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Process Agile 2011 Aerospace 39

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

The paper Agile Base Patterns in the Agile Canon , Daniel R Greening, 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences is an important contribution to the discussion of agile at scale in organizations beyond 5 developers at the table with their customer. The Agile Cannon is composed of 5 elements.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 12, 2022

2011 marked a new beginning in the era of large-scale software project management. Since then, Dean Leffingwell’s brainchild, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has become the popular emerging agile framework for business agility according to the 15th State of Agile Survey. . But what is SAFe? .

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Consulting Certification Lean Underperforming Technical Team 98

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) , AACE Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , AACE Workshop , April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , PMI, Northen Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day, 2012. Project Breathalyzer.

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2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

Gunther Verheyen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. In 2011 I obtained my license as a Professional Scrum Trainer for Scrum.org from Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum). Too many people act from a ‘Been there, done that’ attitude or give in to all these “Scrum is dead” loudmouths on social media.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. & Zein, S.,

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“Believing is Seeing: Confirmation Bias Studies in Software Engineering, “Magne Jørgensen and Efi Papatheocharous, 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). The Use of Precision of Software Development Effort Estimates to Communicate Uncertainty,” Magne Jørgensen, Software Quality Days.

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Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. Risk Management Papers. “A 3, March 2002. 24, 2010.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You get the word: “We are going AGILE!” Software development is going to adopt Scrum as its operating approach to developing software. It is generally easier to learn the business than it is to learn the intricacies of software development. By Steve P. And that means no more business analysts.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This is the motivation for short work intervals found in agile development. . Quantifying Uncertainty in Early Lifecycle Cost Estimation (QUELCE),” Robert Ferguson, Dennis Goldenson, James McCurley, Robert Stoddard, David Zubrow, and Debra Anderson, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-2011-TR-026 ESC-TR-2011-026.

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EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

What is Agile Project Management? . That is precisely what agile project management is – taste testing the stew at various points to ensure that it’s tasting the way it should. Agile Project Management Defined. Agile project management is an iterative or incremental approach to completing projects. How to be Agile.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 41

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

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 ? Little [8] makes the claim that agile methods don't follow the Cone - that is the uncertainty doesn't reduce as the project proceeds.

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Leading Answers

APRIL 22, 2018

“ Software is eating the world ” claimed venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen in his 2011, New York Times article. Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries. Seven years on, the trend continues, and project managers are also on the menu.   Role Changes.

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Technical Review 2011 Transportation Development Team Review 124

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

Henry Montgomery (Editor), Universitetsforlaget; UK Edition, November 28, 2011. 3421, Second Edition, December 2011. Agile Risk Management and DSDM Pocketbook , Alan Moran, IARM. Agile Risk Management and Scrum , Alan Moran, Institute for Agile Risk Management, 2014. Gideon Keren (Editor),?

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Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? All for the want of a nail.

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2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

hours, Published February 2nd, 2011 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform). A comprehensive guide to Scrumban for applying kanban and pull systems in software development. Probably the earliest treatise on Scrumban, the book describes applying lean manufacturing techniques to software development.

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Lean Software Review 2010 2014 79

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For instance in the Agile Scrum Methodology [4] it is recommended to have 10 or fewer people in a team. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, likes to use the “two-pizza rule” for strategy and development teams. Beedle, “Agile Software Development with Scrum”, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 2002.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Technical Review 2002 52

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Ross & Nisbett (2011) offer an extensive overview of research in this area. . When comparing different approaches to develop software, survival bias can lead someone to conclude that plan-driven approaches work well based on a few success stories they have where they did. —?like personality, experience, and skills. Samaniego, F.

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Binfire

APRIL 23, 2020

Binfire , after all, has been a remote working environment since we started in 2011. I am a big proponent of Agile project management. If you have software projects, here is a list of software development companies which might be useful if you need custom software development. . Remote Work FAQ.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team 2011 Retail 78

Guerrilla Project Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

A conversation with Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations, on how agile methods enable his team to build a sustainable and humane work pace while still meeting the needs of his business. Brought to you by: Project Management Telesummit: March 8-10, 2011 – Don’t miss hearing Rich speak at the Telesummit.

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Sustainability 2011 Innovation Software Developers 67

Leading Answers

APRIL 22, 2018

“ Software is eating the world ” claimed venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen in his 2011, New York Times article. Software is becoming omnipresent, it is embedded and integral to all industries. Seven years on, the trend continues, and project managers are also on the menu.   Role Changes.

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Technical Review 2011 Transportation Development Team Review 60

Planio

JULY 9, 2020

Comfort knowing you’re always running the latest, most stable version of the software. Agile Project Management out of the box. It was developed to help teams collaborate on the tasks, bugs, features, and steps needed to complete a project, visually track their progress, and plan their next steps using Gantt charts. Reliability.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Donato Piccinno , a Project Manager at DXC Technology, advises to “measure and improve clarity, unity and agility. Merrow (Wiley, 2011), recommended by Giorgio Locatelli , an Associate Professor of Infrastructure Procurement and Management at the University of Leeds. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2002 Software Review 75

Stepping Into Project Management

MARCH 10, 2014

Today we interview Siddhartha Govindraj, who specializes in Lean/Agile processes for software development. An occasional organizer of events as a part of Chennai Agile User Group and speaks in conferences in India and abroad. Agile becoming mainstream now, how do you think the world of project management has changed?

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