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

Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. Agile was adopted by the software industry soon after the Agile manifesto was written.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article shares the key differences between Wrike vs. Asana. Wrike was launched in 2006 by founder and software developer Andrew Filev. Wrike also provides templates for various industries, e.g., marketing and software engineering , and different project management methodologies like Agile and others. .

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers. I know I’m going to have a senior software engineer and I want him working on these tasks [inaudible 00:12:15] who that is.

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Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Engineering 59

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 18, 2023

A blog article describing “fake Agile” may be resonating a bit too much for comfort. Agile came about in the world of software development precisely because people started to realize that the pace of change had become so fast that it was smarter to embrace that change and find ways to work within it than try to resist.

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Fractional VPE Agile Software Review 2001 148

Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

While we posted some of our team’s must-read project management books in this article , we’ve since expanded our library with a few new favorites. His solution is unconventional: with a huge staff of software developers at his disposal, he splits them into eighteen teams. Managing IT & Software Development Projects .

Software Review 53

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Developers 53

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? For example, the query “scrum master” site:age-of-product.com will return all articles on Age-of-Product.com that include the term “scrum master.” Contrary to InfoQ’s standards, there are quite a few articles on Medium.com , for example, that could raise eyebrows for scrutiny.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Information Technology is a young industry with several even younger career paths, one of which is Information Technology Service Management (ITSM). As IT became mainstream in the latter half of the 20 th century, so did several job roles within the industry. Service Integration and Management, aka SIAM, was developed in 2005.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Software development project schedule estimation has long been a difficult problem. BTW the term was NOT popularized by McConnell, the term goes all the way back to 1958 on the chemical plant construction industry. Bauman, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry , April 1958. Related articles. The COCOMO 2.0

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. Individual contributor team, lead section, lead project manager, program manager, director of engineering. Adhere to organization and industry standards. By education and training.

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Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

nTask

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When we talk about software project management in a conversation related to the organizational paradigm, it usually comprises of all of the things from software development, documenting the whole process, testing every single element, and delivering the finished product on time. Software Project Management.

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2021 Software Review Software Software Developers 157

nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

Its simplicity and ease of implementation has made it the most popular version of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) for software engineering and IT projects. The origin of the Waterfall Model is often attributed to the manufacturing and construction industries. Background.

Software Review 97

Software Review 2019 Development Team Review Technical Review 97

PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

The same Project Management Job Growth and Talent Gap Report from the Project Management Institute states that the IT industry is the second leading sector in job openings. Let me take a step back from the IT industry and illustrate it on construction projects. How Does Project Look Like in the IT Industry? That’s your way in.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 98

Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

It’s about collaboration and openness, and speaking of collaboration, I am pleased to inform you that this article was written in cooperation with Stefano Milanesi ; a fantastic Agile Coach and consultant whom I was lucky to meet on my professional journey. . Think about the team consisting of hardware and software experts.

Software Review 151

Software Review Engineering Technical Review SCRUM 151

PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

There are two major starting points: Starting Point #1: You are not in the IT industry. Starting Point #2: You are in the IT industry, AND you are in a project environment. We’ll start with the most challenging scenario: Starting Point #1: I’m Not in the IT Industry. And in the IT industry, technologies evolve daily.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Software Leadership 59

Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

” I was reminded of the old joke by a recent article by John Regehr, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, entitled “Closing the Loop: The Importance of External Engagement in Computer Science Research.” This is not an isolated case, and most of what passes for research in software engineering is horrible.

Software Review 88

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2007 88

Teamweek

APRIL 26, 2023

In this article, we look at the real potential of this AI innovation for talent acquisition by analysing what it is and diving into 8 ChatGPT in recruitment examples. Example prompt : Create a short job description for a junior software developer written in a style that promotes a diverse and inclusive hiring process.

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ChatGPT Process Artificial Inteligence Software Engineering 52

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

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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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

This Does Not Scale - If there are software development projects that can be executed without knowing how much it will cost in the end (an open ended spend plan), or projects where the budget is capped (a Not To Exceed Number) and we don't really need to know the upper bound of the features to be delivered, how large can this notion scale?

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Estimate Risk Management Finance Software Developers 39

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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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Teamweek

APRIL 22, 2020

If I want to reach a bit wider audience, I can also add some more general interests that are relevant to my job opening, such as “software engineering”, “software development” etc. Whichever method you choose, this article has a step-by-step guide to all these tactics. .

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Budget 2018 Software Engineering Software 59

Leading Agile

JUNE 20, 2018

In an article in Forbes , Steffan Surdek offers three key characteristics (paraphrased here): has a certain level of decision-making authority. ” The purpose of that article is to discuss misconceptions about self-organizing teams, and yet it begins with a rather shaky definition of the term. Let’s keep looking.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. verification of compliance with industry regulations. How ideal does the world have to be before we can automate our software delivery process? We’re in a regulated industry.

Software Review 55

Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 55