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

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For this analysis, we use the evaluations of 857 stakeholders for 241 teams. For this, we used a simple statistical technique called multiple regression analysis. Each dot represents a team: A scatterplot and the results from a regression analysis may not be intuitive for many readers, especially those not familiar with statistics.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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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). The cognitive underpinnings of effective teamwork: a meta-analysis.

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Decision Analysis - Ordinal and Cardinal Measures

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When we hear of the difficulties of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty, especially about software features and capabilities, there are straightforward ways to solve this problem. Decision Analysis is a principle, technique, and application to address complex decisions in a structured manner. References . [1] 677-680. . [5]

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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Economics is a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Making changes late in the development cycle has significant impacts on the verification and validation of the system no matter the software development method. .

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

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Research has linked team cognition 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). Group cohesion and performance: A meta-analysis.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Applying Deliverables Based Planning ® To Increase Our Probability of Success , PMI Fort Worth, Chapter Meeting, 15 July 2010. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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“Believing is Seeing: Confirmation Bias Studies in Software Engineering, “Magne Jørgensen and Efi Papatheocharous, 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). The Use of Precision of Software Development Effort Estimates to Communicate Uncertainty,” Magne Jørgensen, Software Quality Days.