Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2017

I don’t think it’s meant to be used in the same way as a backlog in Agile methods, but it’s certainly useful to be able to record everything you were thinking when you created that roadmap item. Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

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. This is the motivation for short work intervals found in agile development. . All estimates have precision and accuracy. First, let's establish a principle.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2017

I don’t think it’s meant to be used in the same way as a backlog in Agile methods, but it’s certainly useful to be able to record everything you were thinking when you created that roadmap item. Software review: Simplestimate [2016] Find out more about how to make estimating simple with this software review of Simplestimate.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

requires making estimates) ? 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. 5, September/October 2011. Estimation of Long?Term (Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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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. requires making estimates) ? 5, September/October 2011. Estimation of Long?Term These papers and other resources were retrieved from public sites. 3, March 2002.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2004 35

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. In the attempt to fill Scrum’s product discovery void, product delivery organizations regularly turn to other agile frameworks like lean UX, jobs-to-be-done, lean startup, design thinking, design sprint—just to name a few.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Victorine Ghobeira , a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager at Dataquest, says that “preventing a lack of resource starts when defining and estimating activities and leads to creating a realistic schedule. Donato Piccinno , a Project Manager at DXC Technology, advises to “measure and improve clarity, unity and agility.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2002 Software Review 75

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? You may have the practical experience to support your beliefs.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

If only we would create more accurate estimates…. In hindsight, I already started writing the paper “ The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master ” around 2011–2014, although it was published via Scrum.org years later. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy being an Agile Coach. A Gantt-chart, no need to read the details…. Prowareness.

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Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

The theme of disruption is is more about the need for agility in the face of rapid commercial and technical changes. Though 30% of projects use Agile methodologies, 44% use a predictive approach and, I am pleased to see, 23% adopt a hybrid approach. This Year’s Theme: Success in Disruptive Times. It’s very subtle.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Ross & Nisbett (2011) offer an extensive overview of research in this area. . When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates. The anchoring bias explains why Planning Poker requires participants to show their estimates at the same time. Examples in the workplace.

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Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

I also feel it’s really easy to sit down with someone and map out a new project, including dependent tasks, hour estimates, and so on, without having to worry that it will be a pain for someone to implement – we can brainstorm how things will go, map it out, then simply drop it into the system ”. Pricing: Ranges from Free – $20.83/user

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Any change to existing plans was met with calls for more estimates and warnings of “risk”. They looked up the date: July 21, 2011. Learn more from David in his upcoming Professional Scrum classes or hire him for private Scrum & Agile training. Of course, they were aware and they were confused about the relevance of my question.

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Workzone

APRIL 23, 2020

I also feel it’s really easy to sit down with someone and map out a new project, including dependent tasks, hour estimates, and so on, without having to worry that it will be a pain for someone to implement – we can brainstorm how things will go, map it out, then simply drop it into the system ”. Pricing: Ranges from Free – $20.83/user

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). PMI EVM Community of Practice, EVM World , May 16-18 2011. Agile Project Management.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement 2003 Underperforming Technical Team 42

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You get the word: “We are going AGILE!” New items are added to the backlog by the product owner as they are identified and placed in the backlog according to the product owner’s estimate of their priority. And, of course, the role of business analyst still exists in and around Agile and Scrum. By Steve P. Now what do you do?

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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?

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Henry Montgomery (Editor), Universitetsforlaget; UK Edition, November 28, 2011. 3421, Second Edition, December 2011. Agile Risk Management and DSDM Pocketbook , Alan Moran, IARM. No References?

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

By the way, the pure conjecture that agile enables late changing requirements to not have a significant impact on the cost and schedule of the development project is completely lacking any testable evidence outside of personal anecdotes of agile advocates. If we're going to manage as adults , we're going to have to Estimate.

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MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Well, I can’t tell you, but if I broke it into smaller pieces, I could start to estimate things. 2011, when we had that earthquake in Maryland. It’s one of my favorite diagrams, especially over the last few years when I’ve been teaching agile project management and the concepts of agile, because predictability, right?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. It also ties well into a recent post where we discussed a scientific study that showed how critical the socio-technical skills of developers are to the success of Agile transformations. 2011, Politowski, 2020). Why do software teams?

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Teamweek

MAY 21, 2020

Trello started in 2011 as a tool for software development teams. The paid plans also have more Agile features including board collections and list limits. Toggl Plan (previously Teamweek) started in 2011 as an in-house project for Toggl — a time tracking tool. Team members can also add a daily estimate in hours for each task.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Agile Project Management. 19% say Agile techniques. Agile Project Management. 38% of organizations report using agile frequently. [6]. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Then we have to Estimate what these measures need to be so the third variable of Little's Law can be Calculated. It has been suggested that with Little's Law No Estimates (#NoEstimates) can be applied. So estimates are needed to produce numbers for this demand, rather than measuring the demand. 3, May–June 2011, pp.

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Workzone

AUGUST 4, 2021

Trello is a weak option for project managers concerned with estimates, budgets, and dependencies. Jira can create great reports for both roadmapping and agile project management. Launched in 2011, Proofhub is an “all-in-one” project planning software. It supports both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.

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Workzone

JULY 23, 2021

Pros: Clarizen One brings the added advantage of cross-department insights so you can determine risk, scope, size, and estimates of company-wide projects. Promoting itself as “the single source of truth for your agile enterprise.” Targetprocess is project management software that supports Scrum, Kanban, and other agile project methods.

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