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

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2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ).

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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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. Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. 8, August 1995.

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Software Estimating Resources

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“Effort Estimation of Use Cases for Incremental Large-Scale Software Development,” Pareastoo Mohagheghi, Bente Anda, and Reidat Conradi, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B. 9, Issue 3, No.

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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. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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Verlag, 2016. Misconceptions of Risk , Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Project Risk Quantification: A Practitioner’s Guide to Realistic Cost and Schedule Risk Management , John Hollmann, Probabilistic Publishing 2016. Alexandre Vidal, Springer?Verlag, Foundations of Risk Management: A Knowledge and Decision?Oriented

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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. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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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.

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