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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. Kirkeboen, G., &

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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. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 4, February 24, 2015.

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A Compendium of 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. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 4, February 24, 2015.

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

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2015) collected data from 141 team members, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners from 40 projects. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. In 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (pp. Van Kelle et. C., & da Silva, F. 2010, April).

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. Software Engineering and Metrics , Conte, Dunsmore, and Shen, 1985 - this is the book where the favorite quote of #Noestimaytes advocates, where they misquote the numbers and the math.

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The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients

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There are thousands of meetups worldwide, covering the topics of agile frameworks and practices, software engineering, and product development in general. A quote from its Senior Manager of Corporate Communications: Over the last year and a half, we have doubled the technology team from around 800 in 2015 to over 1,600 currently.

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The Fallacy of Wild Numbers

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My early metrics book, Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimation (Prentice Hall/Yourdon Press, 1982) , played a role in the way many budding software engineers quantified work and planned their projects. […] The book’s most quoted line is its first sentence: “You can’t control what you can’t measure.”