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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

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From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. When I started, Scrum wasn’t used at all. In the context of Scrum, the Product Owner plays an essential role. Word of warning, this isn’t going to be a “Scrum Guide post”. That’s in a nutshell the approach we used within our Scrum team.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Don't hear one?

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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3 Questions That Must Be Asked at Every Project Management Meeting

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For software projects, Scrum can be used. And finally, since all project work operates in the presence of uncertainty, we must make estimates in order to execute the project in a Closed Loop manner. Risk-Informed Decision Making , NASA/SP-2010-576. See Incremental Commitment Spiral Model for large traditional projects.

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Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

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The Myth of Standish Reports - Update Number 2

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1, Jan-Feb 2010, pages 30-36. So it's time once more to move beyond the worn out red herrings and start to address how to Increase the Probability of Project Success with processes and tools beyond just applying Scrum to the development team. Three Increasingly Mature Views of Estimate Making in IT Projects. Related articles.

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