Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail. For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. At the time, the project was desperately short of cash. Gipsy Moth IV did make her planned round-the-world journey and continues to operate today , taking groups on breath-taking sea journeys.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. This is probably due to the difficulty of measuring many teams over a long period of time. This effect is stronger for smaller teams than larger teams. Bradley et.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Concerns were voiced in the IT operations and software development sectors from 2007 to 2008 about the old software development paradigm that split operations from developers regarding how code was distributed and supported. The DevOps lifecycle is intended to produce, test, consume, and improve software products.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

Project Manager e Scrum Master sono due mestieri diversi. Se sei un project manager, senti parlare sempre di più di Scrum e vorresti capire cosa c'è di così diverso fra questi due ruoli? Perché dovresti scegliere fra l'uno o l'altro e non si può fare un pò dei due? Project Manager e Scrum Master Sono due mestieri diversi.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

And does your Sprint Review consist of team members listing their individual accomplishments? Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. Psychological review , 57 (5), 271. 2007, August). R., & Dion, K.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. In this article we look at emerging software in the PPM space and discuss how its selection and implementation needs to be done in line with an overarching digital strategy. A tiny snapshot of the analysis that the different software tools went through.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 23, 2023

Between tabs, color codes, and comments, the time spent on admin is valuable time that could be spent (actually) enabling project success. We’re here to help you evaluate and choose the best software that will help enable growth at your agency. Far too many agencies are still using spreadsheets to manage high-stakes projects.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

In the long-term, a structured and consistent approach offered by dedicated software platforms will provide your teams access to big datasets, taking the guesswork out of risk management and reducing your assumption to knowledge ratio. Using risk management for strategic advantage [Review of Using risk management for strategic advantage].

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Risk Management Risk 2003 2007 158

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Why our brain is not built for software engineering.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI is a branch of computer science that focuses on providing computer hardware and software with the ability to execute intelligent tasks with Generative AI (GenAI) learning and improving with each query. For over a quarter of a century, the Standish Group has tracked, reported, and improved software-intensive project success rates. [1]

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Snyder: Founder, fellow and past volunteer executive director, president and chairman of the board, Snyder is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the PMI Education Foundation, Treasurer of the Delaware Valley Chapter and the Editorial Review Board. He was awarded PMI Man of the Year and is an Honorary Life Member.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 30, 2018

There have been some recent posts about managing scope, defining needed Features, determining how to release software to stakeholders - in both traditional and agile processes. This document is all but unknown in the Enterprise IT domain and completely unknown in the agile software development world.

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Planning 2007 Technical Review 2009 109

Teamweek

AUGUST 13, 2018

Doing project management without using the proper software tools has become nearly impossible, especially over the last few years. Though they have been around since 2007, they still haven’t gained a very strong hold within the market due to increasingly innovative competition.

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Software Review Software 2007 Innovation 63

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. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

So, for example, no engineers are mourning the demise of the hero-developer, who single-handedly saves the organization with beautifully crafted code while burning the midnight oil.). Let me provide you with an example: Back in 2007/2008, I was a member of a Scrum Team that was split between Berlin and Wroclaw in Poland.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 28, 2017

Creates a deliverable e.g. a new software system Creates an environment where benefits can be realised e.g. new software is used to improve efficiency. Here is some further reading that you might like: Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers, Anthony Mersino (Amacom, 2007). Project Management Change management.

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Change Management Technical Review 2007 Engineering 290

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

In my over 25+ years in the software industry, this has been an all too familiar situation! I have often wondered – doesn’t speak too well of us as software professionals! However, the fact is that software development is a complex activity – perhaps more so than any other type of projects?

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Development Team Review Software Review Cadence Technical Review 154

nTask

MARCH 10, 2021

It took until 2007 for the Definition of Done (DoD) to be a widespread full-fledged practice. This is of no fault due to the developer. It is the development team’s onus to ensure that the product is of maximum quality and is aligned to the rapid application development, coding language , and technical tools to build the product.

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Software Review Technical Review 2002 2007 78

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Macroeconomics is not. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2016

I’ve been attending the South by Southwest (SxSW) conferences since before Twitter’s breakout year in 2007. And every year since 2007, journalists rush home to talk about the next thing to launch at SxSW, and ask whether [insert startup name here] is the next Twitter. We launched it nine months before—to a whimper.

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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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail. For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. At the time, the project was desperately short of cash. Gipsy Moth IV did make her planned round-the-world journey and continues to operate today , taking groups on breath-taking sea journeys.

2007 150

2007 2009 2008 2010 150

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

Due to office politics, resource managers may be exposed to pressure at the stage of resource allocation or assigning the tasks to the employees. One of the best ways to prevent the negative impact of workplace politics on your project is to use the potential of resource management software. References.

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2007 Influencer Technical Review Software Review 52

MPUG

JUNE 28, 2020

But let’s face facts: Microsoft is in the business of selling software, and they were not going to combine these two! I got to thinking about my history with the MSP the other day, and thought the software’s evolution might be an interesting topic to explore. was a significant upgrade occurring in 1990, and ran on Windows 3.0.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When I started using Scrum as a software developer back in 2007 I noticed that this new ways of working really worked, then I decided to learn more about and I became a Scrum Master in 2012 and in 2015 I started to teach Scrum, overcoming my fear of public speaking. I will explain the peer review at the end of this article.

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TrustRadius Project Management

OCTOBER 28, 2019

He has written multiple detailed reviews for collaboration, video editing, and document management products – including MS SharePoint. Starting off as a call center representative in 2007, Daniel worked his way up to site supervisor, learning what works (and doesn’t) for a nationwide network of agents.

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Technical Review Software Review 2007 Healthcare 48

Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

Jeff Kinney’s hit children’s book series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid , was first released in 2007 and is still rolling out installments each year. Market testing: Next, your product will be launched in a controlled market environment so that potential customers can review it and offer feedback. Start your free trial of Wrike today.

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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. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. 5, September/October 2011.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

By asking candidates to perform tasks like coding exercises or a design-review, they test skills, get a feel of how candidates think, and how interactions may be.  Grown from the idea of its founder and nurse, Jos de Blok in 2007, who had become frustrated at the bureaucracy and “machinification” of nursing care.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Agile 2001 133

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2021

As, for example, an IT project manager orchestrates IT projects and leads corresponding teams in their software development efforts. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2007—North America, Atlanta, GA. Healthcare project manager; Finance project manager; Insurance project manager; Utility project manager, Legal project manager.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects. 37–48, 2007. . Laird and M.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Due to the importance that in the business strategy is given to the chess game, two researchers, Hunt and Cangemi in the study, “Want to improve your leadership skills? European Economic Review 34, 775– 803. As a chess player, Moore understands the value in planning an endgame, and explains that businesses must model the same behavior.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And, whether you are an IT Project Manager or not, you may find yourself delivering IT in the form of hardware, infrastructure, software, or service processes as a part of your projects. Keeps services under review to ensure they will continue to meet future needs. The ITIL Refresh Project issued ITIL Version 3 in 2007.

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Technical Review 2011 2007 Prince2 73

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. If you’re also interested in Agile project management, pair the PMBOK with the PMI’s new Agile Practice Guide or our own Guide on How to Pick the Software Development Process that’s Right For you. Each chapter ends with quick reviews making this a useful “PMBOK for Dummies”.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In software development, those managing the project have some understanding the market forces (from their marketing departments), the technology (from their engineering department), and how to manage in the presence of Aleatory and Epistemic risk (the managers running a successful firm). Software projects are non-ergodic.

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