The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

is the learning process – how the brain acquires knowledge and skills. How can Agile methodologies be adapted and implemented in non-software development projects?” “Why She has extensive experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using both Waterfall and Agile based development practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Ace the PMP Exam is designed to help you learn the contents in an order that makes most sense so it covers process outputs, for example, before inputs and tools so you understand what you are trying to achieve before you learn how to do it. Jack Risos obtained his PMP certificate in 2009. In Summary. I actually wanted to read on.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 28, 2022

This brainstorming element normally falls outside of the traditional project management role, but is more prevalent in software projects, when engineers have a free reign to come up with new ideas and then have to see them through. This review first appeared on the blog in 2009. It’s the book I wish I had written.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

is the learning process – how the brain acquires knowledge and skills. How can Agile methodologies be adapted and implemented in non-software development projects?” “Why She has extensive experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using both Waterfall and Agile based development practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2020

It’s a common phrase used in software development where the developer has broad experience in their role but is also profoundly skilled in one specific area. As Project Managers, we need to reach into an in-depth toolkit of systems and processes to find the correct ones for each project. Charlie Davidson. Wrapping up.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 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 book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002). The Scrum Guide” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2009, 2010).

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Even a single change in team membership can disrupt that process, and consequently, make it harder for teams to become high-performing sooner. Kozlowski & Ilgen (2006) describe this reciprocity as “process begets structure, which in turn guides process”. A good analogy is to understand team cognition as muscle memory.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The most recent version was released in June 2009, which has split the manual into two, covering project managers and project sponsors. What are the most used tools and software on PRINCE2? PRINCE2 doesn’t mandate tools and software, you can use whatever you like – or nothing at all. In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Here’s my Must-Read Reading List for some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Communicating Projects is a process driven book that fully explains the processes of communicating formally on projects. Anthony Mersino: Amacom, 2013.

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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. Butrico, Risk: A User’s Guide, New York: Portfolio, 2021. McGrath and I.

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Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

That would be the job of the process that feeds into the Product Backlog: product discovery. Why the Scrum Guide Lacks Product Discovery as a Concept The Scrum Guide 2020 emphasizes the role of the Product Owner in managing the Product Backlog but does not define the product discovery process.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. Forsyth, 2009 or Brown, 2019)? This recognition of the socio-dynamic processes in groups of people is also what attracts me to Scrum. Scrum feels different to me there.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Some find the process of creating them “childish” or “a waste of time”. It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010).

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Project Pulse Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2023

A methodology that not only supports the identification of risks but quantifies them, thereby supporting a quantitative risk analysis process allowing for strategic decision-making. Meredith & Mantel, 2009). Consider the advantage of having a clear roadmap in the face of uncertainty.

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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. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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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. The primary document produced from the Capabilities Based Planning process is the Concept of Operations.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 22, 2021

A lot of planning is performed by project management software these days, which allows PMs to improve the quality of this important stage of the project implementation. . Self-organizing skills are no less important in this process. . Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America, Orlando, FL. Organizing.

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Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

Several good books have been written on Kanban and its application to various business processes, especially to Scrum, since David Anderson published his original Kanban “blue book”. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). 2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002).

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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. Don't hear one?

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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. 217–231, 2017.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For every source I have described the same three topics to show what Scrum consisted of at the time (regardless the different terms used), what the ‘definition’ of Scrum was at the time: Roles, responsibilities, accountabilities Controls, deliverables, artifacts Phases, meetings, time-boxes, events.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. There is a fundamental critical success factor missing from this paradigm. Systems Engineering.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

More seriously, weather forecasts have helped us narrow our decision-making process. When dealing with uncertainty, and the weather holds a lot of uncertainty, forecasts are of value to narrow our decision-making process. I believe we can use this definition in Agile software development. Who couldn’t predict that!

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

With very few textbooks on project management available in the marketplace, these guideline documents provided companies with ways to improve their project management processes. The first PMBOK ® Guide presented 5 process groups, 9 knowledge areas, and 37 processes for managing projects.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

For this project there are two main deliverables, the bulletin boards and the software that manages and displays the information. The development approach might look like this: Software works well with iterative or incremental development approaches where you can experiment, receive feedback, and make changes. Bulletin Board.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Managment Processes. Presentations and Briefings. Flawless Execution.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 20, 2018

But in the software development world, the domains of IT, there are two other colors of money. There are two types of software that are developed for a business: 1) internal-use software, and 2) software developed to be sold, leased or marketed (“software to be sold”). The presidents are always dead presidents.

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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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Proofhub

OCTOBER 13, 2020

million people in the UK worked from home in the UK (compared to just 884,000 in 2009). Here’s a list of recommended remote working tools to get you started: ProofHub : Online project management software that serves as an all-encompassing virtual office for remote teams. According to Forbes , more than 1.54

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Explore these project planning tools and steps and discover a process that ensures your project planning is comprehensive and, most importantly, team-friendly. The mapping process involves: Listing everyone affected by the project. This map informs communication of the project team's strategies and decision-making processes.

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Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2020

A year later, in 2000, Kent Beck published another book called “ Test Driven Development by Example ” and explains Test Driven Development (TDD) is a software process and not about writing tests before the code with one more important aspect – refactoring. The following is the sequence given in his book: -. Add a test.

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nTask

JANUARY 20, 2022

Lead Management software. Process management. Process Automation. Therefore, it will help you acquire leads, manage contacts, and automate your business processes. “Bitrix24 gold partner since 2009 with 200+ successfully closed on-premise project. Email tracking and notifications. Prospect tracking.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The same process for estimating is applied to multi-billion dollar projects we work. And the same process is applied to the Scrum development processes on those projects. . Here's some materials that provide the tools and processes needed to learn how to estimate. The Future of Systems-and Software Development.

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Paymo App

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

If you’re here, it means that you’re looking for time tracking software that you will use yourself or with your team. Onboarding process : We’ve gone through each step of the onboarding process to see exactly how easy it is for a user to get acquainted with a new tool. Key Criteria for Choosing Time Tracking Tools.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

Research shows that for projects, especially software projects Aleatory uncertainty is the predominant source of risk. So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. Software Risk Management , Barry W.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Continuous Improvement Drives Project Excellence : The iterative process of monitoring and controlling, characterized by feedback loops and regular quality checks, is necessary as the project progresses. Iterate & Improve: Based on feedback, refine your monitoring and controlling processes to be more effective in future projects.

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