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Deciphering Goals

Scrum.org

Risks, politics, personal agendas often subvert the original goal either by design or unwittingly, turning high impact outcomes into mediocre outputs. Mary Boone and Dave Snowden, 2007, A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making, Harvard Business Review Press. Risks of absent or bad Goals. Business Strategy / Lean Canvas.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

Understanding these top five Agile methodologies that are not Scrum Framework: Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean Software Development, Feature-Driven Development (FDD), and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) is crucial for any team or individual looking to implement Agile practices effectively.

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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Rubin obtained his Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) designation in 2007 and has been teaching Agile and Scrum to enterprise organizations since 2014. I’m one of the few trainers who got the CSM certification early on [2007]. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government.

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Product-Market Fit: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

Dan Olsen, an expert in product management and author of The Lean Product Playbook , has emphasized product-market fit as critical to the success of a start-up. The obvious one is the Apple iPhone, a device that wasn’t unique but captured the imagination of customers so effectively that it’s hard to believe it was only introduced in 2007.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves , Daniel Galaorath and Michael Evans , Auerbach, 2006. Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007. IT Risk Management. Let's start with some books. Prentice Hall, 2000.